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The Effect of Rocking Chair Movement on the Start of Bowel Functions in Patients With Gastrointestinal System Surgery

The Effect of Rocking Chair Movement on the Start of Bowel Functions in Patients With Gastrointestinal System Surgery

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04466319
Enrollment
60
Registered
2020-07-10
Start date
2019-03-15
Completion date
2020-06-01
Last updated
2020-07-10

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Conditions

Postoperative Ileus

Keywords

Ileus, Gastrointestinal Diseases, Gastrointestinal Motility, Postoperative Complications, Nurses

Brief summary

The Effect of Rocking Chair Movement on the Start of Bowel Functions in Patients With Gastrointestinal System Surgery The research will be carried out as a randomized controlled experimental study in patients with open gastrointestinal tract surgery in order to evaluate the effect of rocking chair movement to be given in addition to standard care in the initiation of postoperative bowel functions (post-operative first time gas, first time defecation).Ethics committee and institution permissions and written consents of individuals were obtained prior to the study.The universe of the study was composed of patients with open gastrointestinal surgery lying in the general surgery service of a hospital in Eskisehir. With the error margin of 0.05, 90% test power, 30 people in intervention and control groups, 60 patients in total will be included in the research.Appointment of patients to intervention and control groups was done by stratification and block randomization method according to gastric and intestinal surgery.The draw method was used to assign stratified patients to blind technique intervention and control groups in order to avoid side-holding, and an equal number (blocking) patients were assigned to each group. The individuals in the intervention group in the rocking chair three times a day, 20 minutes, a total of 60 minutes after the first day after surgery. The individuals in the control group will sit in a standard chair in the same time as the intervention group in the non-rocking chair. The data will be collected using the Descriptive characteristics determination form, Intervention Group Intestinal Functions Evaluation Form and Control Group Intestinal Functions Evaluation Form.

Detailed description

Inclusion Criteria * Accepting to participate in the research * Being 18 or over * Having gastrointestinal surgery * No communication problems * No symptoms or disease (dizziness, Vertigo, Meniere.) That rocking chair movement will adversely affect the patient * With or without a stoma in the postoperative period; * Patients with ASA (American Society of Anesthesiology) classification I or II Exclusion Criteria * Not agreeing to participate in the research * Being 18 or under * Being a communication problem * The symptoms or disease (dizziness, Vertigo, Meniere.) That the rocking chair movement will adversely affect the patient. * Having a history of ileus after surgery * Any complication after surgery * With inflammatory and irritable bowel disease * Using drugs that will affect intestinal motility before or after surgery. * Surgical intervention is laparoscopic * ASA classification is III, IV or V

Interventions

OTHERRocking Chair

Patients in the experimental group were sat rocking chair three times a day in a rocking wooden chair in addition to their postoperative routine care by their nurses. After providing the rocking chair to the patients' room, the researcher gave the data collection form to be filled by the patient himself. It was the researcher's supervision that the patient sat in the rocking chair for the first time. The rocking chair movement continued to intervene until the patient released gas. After emitting gas, he continued to swing in the rocking chair until he made his first stools. The patient was visited every day until he was discharged. No special clothing or materials were required for the patients to sit in the rocking chair.

Sponsors

Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

A randomized controlled experimental study in patients with open gastrointestinal tract surgery to evaluate the effect of rocking chair movement to be given in addition to standard care at the start of postoperative bowel functions (post-operative first gas, initial defecation

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Agree to participate in the research * Being 18 or over * Having gastrointestinal surgery * No communication problems * No symptoms or disease (dizziness, Vertigo, Meniere.) That rocking chair movement will adversely affect the patient With or without a stoma in the postoperative period; * Patients with American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) classification I or II

Exclusion criteria

* Not agreeing to participate in the research * being 18 or under * Being a communication problem * The symptoms or disease (dizziness, Vertigo, Meniere.) That the rocking chair movement will adversely affect the patient. * Having a history of ileus after surgery * Any complication after surgery * With inflammatory and irritable bowel disease * Using drugs that will affect intestinal motility before or after surgery. * Surgical intervention is laparoscopic * ASA classification is III, IV or V

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
time to report of first flatusDefined as the first time hear the bowel sound after surgery1-5 daysDefined as the first time flatus happens
time to report of first defecationEnd of surgery to the first defecation 1-7 daysDefined as the first time defecation happens.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
length of postoperative hospitalizationEnd of surgery to hospital discharge 5-7 daysDefined as the length hospitalization after surgery

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026