Patient-controlled transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for postoperative pain after abdominal surgery: a randomized pilot trial in an enhanced recovery after surgery hospital
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Postoperative painAnaesthesiology - Pain management
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12619001140145
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Auckland
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 10
Inclusion Criteria
Patients undergoing open or laparoscopic (with an extraction site via a mini-laparotomy) abdominal surgery at Auckland District Health Board
-Able to understand risks and benefits of participating in the study
-Ability to provide informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
-Prior TENS use preventing adequate study group blinding
-Current pregnancy
-Epilepsy or prior history of seizures
-History of cardiac disease
-Implantable medical device such as pacemaker or implantable defibrillator
-ASA Grade IV or greater
-Inability to participate in post-operative assessments due to dementia, cognitive impairment, language difficulties, delirium
-Inability to operate TENS device by themselves
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Tolerability of patient-controlled TENS use measured by incidence of side effects: skin irritation<br>- skin irritation will be patient reported. A case of skin irritation will be defined as skin discomfort requiring the patient to terminate their 30-min TENS treatment session prematurely.[Measured on discharge/48-hours postoperatively];Adequacy of patient blinding to their group allocation measured by a post-study questionnaire. This questionnaire is a yes/no questionnaire to determine what the group allocation the patient thought they were in and will be compared to their actual allocation.<br>[48 hours/On discharge]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method