The effect of reflexology massage on headache caused by intravenous nitroglyceri
- Conditions
- Drug-induced headache.Drug-induced headache, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- IRCT2015042922010N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Urmia University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
- Willing to participate in the study.
- Not having cognitive or behavioral and vision disorders during the intervention that prevents using the numerical pain scale in the patients.
- Not having orthopedic problems or wounds, injuries and burns on the legs, as well as diabetic foot ulcers.
- Not having an advanced neurological disorder such as MS, Parkinson's disease, Guillain-Barre syndrome, progressive Myasthenia Gravis and diabetic neuropathy.
- Not having a serious physical or mental illness to prevent intervention.
- Not having a headache before the administration of nitroglycerin.
- Not having an addiction to drugs, sedatives, alcohol, etc.
- Not taking analgesics and nerve- muscle blockers shortly before the intervention.
- Not having a long history of taking nitroglycerin.
- Not having a history of using reflexology massage.
Exclusion criteria:
- Incidence of severe complications during the study.
- Patient death.
- Dissatisfaction of attending physician.
- Losing of the patient's consciousness.
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Headache. Timepoint: Before and immediately after the intervention. Method of measurement: Numerical Pain Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method