Nursing intervention to decrease physical pain and psychological distress associated with wearing a shoulder abduction brace in a patient after rotator cuff repair surgery.

Nursing intervention to decrease physical pain and psychological distress associated with wearing a shoulder abduction brace in a patient after rotator cuff repair surgery. - Nursing intervention to decrease physical pain and psychological distress of brace users after rotator cuff repair surgery.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000029733

Enrollment

Registered

2017-10-26

Start date

2017-10-26

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Rotator cuff tear

Interventions

Intervention group: Two nurses practices to do attachment and detachment of the brace without any helping of a doctor from 7 days after surgery. Control group: Two nurses practices to do attachme

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients who met all criteria below. 1.Inpatients who had diagnosis rotator cuff tear and who had undergone rotator cuff repair surgery in Kyushu University Hospital. 2.Patients who have agreed in this study from their own will with document consents. 3. Patients who aged over 20 years and older at the time of informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients who falls into one of the three. 1.Patients who were diagnosed as a re-tear after rotator cuff repair surgery. 2.Patients were judged by researcher as unable to communicate with cognitive impairment or mental disorder. 3.Patients were judged by their doctor as delays attachment and detachment of their brace by doctor and nurse from 15 days after surgery.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Result of questionnaires: New Japanese version of State-Trait Anxiety Inventry(STAI) Pain Catastrophizing Scale(PCS) Questionnaires are performed at 3 times: before surgery, 7 days after surgery and suture removal time (usually 10 to 14 days after surgery).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Visual analog scale: VAS Every days after surgery until 14 days after surgery.	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMichiko Kawada

Kyushu University Hospital South 10th floor ward

kawada@med.kyushu-u.ac.jp092-642-5498

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026