Acupressure, Nurse's Role, Post Operative Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
In this study, the effect of acupressure on postoperative pain level in women with abdominal gynecologıcal surgery will be studied and it will be conducted as a randomized controlled intervention study to examine the relationships with each other.The sample group will consist of 102 women, 51 in the intervention group and 51 in the control group.Within the scope of the study, the data will be collected using the 'Personal Information Form and Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ)' created by the researcher. Data will be analyzed using SPSS-26 package.
Detailed description
In this study, the effect of acupressure on postoperative pain level in women with abdominal gynecologıcal surgery will be studied and it will be conducted as a randomized controlled intervention study to examine the relationships with each other.The sample group will consist of 102 women, 51 in the intervention group and 51 in the control group.Within the scope of the study, the data will be collected using the 'Personal Information Form and Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire(SF-MPQ)' created by the researcher. Data will be obtained by the researcher by faceto-face interviews with women. In addition, women in the intervention group will receive acupressure once on postoperative days 0 and 1. Acupressure points related to gynecological surgery (large intestine (LI4), stomach (ST36) and spleen (SP6)) will be applied for a total of 12 minutes with 2 minutes of pressure on each point. Women in the control group will continue their routine care. Data will be evaluated with SPSS-26 package.
Interventions
OTHERacupressure
Women in the intervention group will receive acupressure for 12 minutes.The acupressure pressure points related to the gynecologic surgery to be performed are named as the large intestine (LI4), stomach (ST36) and spleen (SP6) meridians, respectively. These points are determined by expert opinion and are used for pain control.
Sponsors
Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
This study is a randomized controlled intervention trial
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* 20 years of age or older, * Being literate, * To be able to understand and speak Turkish, * No deformity or lesion in the areas where acupressure will be applied, * Undergoing abdominal gynecologic surgery with general anesthesia, * Any narcotic or epidural for pain control after surgery lack of analgesia * Participation in the routine pain protocol of the clinic
Exclusion criteria
* The presence of any systemic disease that causes chronic pain, * Receiving spinal or epidural anesthesia, * Patients who are administered narcotic or any analgesic drug other than the routine pain protocol applied in the clinic after surgery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| postoperative pain level | 7 month | Pain will be measured with the Short-Form McGill pain questionnaire (SF-MPQ) before and after the application |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed