Condition 1: pain. Condition 2: anxiety. Acute abdomen Generalized anxiety disorder
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: to relieve the pain of experimental group, foot reflexology massage is used and narcotic drugs as well if necessary. The intervention of experimental group includes
Placebo
Intervention group: to relieve the pain of experimental group, foot reflexology massage is used and narcotic drugs as well if necessary. The intervention of experimental group includes foot reflexolog
Control group: for control group, analgesic drugs in necessary situations and usual care are done. There is no intervention in control group, but just in time parallel with the experimental group, its
Placebo group: for the placebo group, a simple massage on the foot is done and analgesic drugs as well if necessary. The severity of pain and anxiety of patients is measured immediately before the int
Sponsors
Vice Chancellor for research of Tehran University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Age
15 Years to 60 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: admitted for abdominal surgery; Age between 15 to 60 years old; lack of analgesics before intervention having; healthy feet, especially the soles of them; getting the minimum score of pain intensity from three and more base on the visual analogue scale; full consciousness after surgery; Lack of addiction to drugs, alcohol and...; Lack of sensory and motor derangement according to the doctor's opinion or the existent information in the document or the patient saying itself; Lack of fever and skin diseases according to the doctor's opinion or the existent information in the document or the patient saying itself; Lack of hearing disorders according to the doctor's opinion or the existent information in the document or the patient saying itself; Lack of any physical and mental disorder except recent surgery according to the doctor's opinion or the existent information in the document or the patient saying itself; Lack of the experience of using foot reflexology massage; Lack of Chronic pain in other parts of the body (migraine, low back pain and ...) according to the doctor's opinion or the existent information in the document or the patient saying itself; Exclusion criteria: addiction diagnostic to drugs, alcohol, etc. After the inclusion; spinal anesthesia; lack of desire to continue cooperation in the study; tenderness or massage; any intervention process because the person is unable to tolerate or pursue
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain. Timepoint: immediately before intervention- immediately after invention- 10 minutes after intervention- 24 hours after intervention. Method of measurement: visual analog scale.;Anxiety. Timepoint: immediately before intervention- immediately after invention- 10 minutes after intervention- 24 hours after intervention. Method of measurement: Spielberger anxiety inventory. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| -. Timepoint: -. Method of measurement: -. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactAbolfazl Rahimi Zarchi
Tehran University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences
Outcome results
None listed