The effect of foot reflexology massage on pain, anxiety and fatigue in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery
- Conditions
- coronary artery by pass graft.Atherosclerotic heart disease
- Registration Number
- IRCT201109067494N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research of Mazandaran University of Medical Science
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
first candidate for open heart surgery (CABG); under non- emergency heart- lung pump.
Exclusion criteria: lack of patient satisfaction on the ongoing research; lack of consciousness; the need to intra aorta pump; intubation of more than 24 hours; bleeding more than 200 cc per hour of chest tube; Performed surgery to repair or replace the valve with CABG; severe visual impairment; history of chronic pain; alcohol and drug addiction; drug addiction 4 hours before; having fractures; infected wounds and skin diseases in the left leg; severe disorders of hearing and visual; covered the sole of the left foot with dressing; remove the graft from the left foot and left sole are in the presence of any sensory impairment.
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Timepoint: The second day, third, fourth and fifth after the surgery and immediately after each intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale.;Anxiety after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Timepoint: The second day, third, fourth and fifth after the surgery and immediately after intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analog scale.;Fatigue after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Timepoint: The second day, third, fourth and fifth after the surgery and immediately after each intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method