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Investigating the effect of hand and foot reflexology on chest pain and anxiety in patients after primary coronary angioplasty

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
acute myocardial infraction.
ST elevation (STEMI) and non-ST elevation (NSTEMI) myocardial infarction
Registration Number
IRCT20230221057475N1
Lead Sponsor
Zanjan University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
114
Inclusion Criteria

People who have been subjected to angioplasty for the first time
Trans femoral angiography
Having a pulse on the leg and a normal posterior tibial pulse
Age between 30 and 70 years
Having healthy hands and feet
Full consciousness

Exclusion Criteria

Having a history of diabetes
Having an addiction
Having mental problems
People who have received thrombolytic drugs (retplase) after MI and then underwent angiography.
5) Any physiological or hemodynamic instability during and after angiography, such as cardiac dysrhythmia.
Active bleeding at the catheter site
People who have already been subjected to angiography
DVT history
The presence of wounds, scars on the leg
Use of anti-anxiety drugs
Peripheral neuropathy
Tickling feeling in hands and feet
The presence of coagulation problems in the patient
hypertension

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Chest pain. Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention, 15 minutes, 3 hours and 6 hours after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.;Anxiety. Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention, 15 minutes, 3 hours and 6 hours after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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