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The Effect of Using Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on the Severity of Pain, Nausea and Vomiting after Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy

Not Applicable
Conditions
Surgery for kidney stones.
Calculus of kidney
Registration Number
IRCT2016112030989N1
Lead Sponsor
Vice Chancellor for research of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
72
Inclusion Criteria

The patients who have 15-70 age old; All of consciousness patients who have unilateral percutaneous nephrolithotomy surgery; Ability to speak and understand the Persian language. Exclusion criteria: Those due to uncontrollable nausea and vomiting may require medication; The incidence of adverse events recorded in the patient during surgery; Drug addiction; Being blind; The patients with motion sickness; Digestive disorders associated with nausea and vomiting; Mental retardation or mental disorders and epilepsy; Pregnancy; Patients who have cardiac pacemaker.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after intervention, 1, 2, 6 and 12 hours after intervention. Method of measurement: 11–point Numeric Rating Scale.;Nausea. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after intervention, 1, 2, 6 and 12 hours after intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale.;Vomiting. Timepoint: After receiving TENS to 12 hours being counted. Method of measurement: The vomiting and retching frequency form.
Secondary Outcome Measures
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