Comparison of the effect cold therapy and relaxation on pain relief
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Pain.Pain, not elsewhere classified, Acute PainR52, R52.0
- Registration Number
- IRCT2013042813156N1
- 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
Inclusion Criteria
consent to participate in the study; age greater than or equal to 18 years; orientation to time; place and person; the ability to perceive visual pain scale; the first experience of CABG surgery and having a chest tube; BMI less than 30 kg/m2, have two chest tubes for at least 24 hours (one mediastinal and one left pleural). Exclusion criteria: lack of consent for continued research; cold urticaria; received mechanical ventilation support; severe visual and hearing impairments so that enable to communicate with researcher and determine the pain intensity on VAS; get analgesics less than 4 hours prior to the procedure; addiction to drugs and alcohol.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain intensity. Timepoint: Before chest tube removal, immediately after chest tube removal, 15 minute after chest tube removal. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale(VAS).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method