Effect of local coldness and heat on chest pain severity after open heart surgery
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Chest pain on breathing.Painful respiration
- Registration Number
- IRCT201609245134N10
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for research and technology, Seman University of medical sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
Patients after open heart surgery; communication ability
Exclusion criteria: Patients undergoing mechanical ventilator; sensitivity to local coldness or heat; occurring crisis condition; alteration in patient status
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Chest pain severity during respiratory exercises. Timepoint: before intervention and each 5 minutes during respiratory exercises, immediately after intervention or routine care (after 10 minutes of respiratory exercises), and 5 minutes after intervention or routine care. Method of measurement: Visual analog scale of pain.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method