Effect of Abdominal Massage on Bowel Evacuation After Cranial Surgery

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Abdominal Massage; Constipation
• Interventions: Other: abdominal massage

• Registration Number: NCT04373772
• Lead Sponsor: Mersin University

Brief Summary

Many factors in patients undergoing cranial surgery (CS) may affect the bowel evacuation of patients, resulting in constipation, which could lead to the use of the valsalva maneuver. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of abdominal massage (AM) on bowel evacuation of patients treated in intensive care units (ICU) after CS.

Detailed Description

The sample of this prospective parallel two-arm randomized controlled trial included 80 patients who underwent CS. The patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to the AM and control groups. The constipation risk of all the patients following CS was assessed with Constipation Risk Assessment Scale (CRAS). Those patients in the AM group received a total of 30 minutes of massage, 15 minutes every morning and evening, until the first defecation. The bowel sounds of all the patients in the AM and control groups were assessed on a daily basis. The days when bowel sounds were heard and the first defecation took place were recorded in a Bowel Evacuation Form.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-07-01
• Primary Completion: 2016-02-28
• Study Completion: 2016-02-28
• Status Verified: 2020-04
• Study First Submitted: 2020-04-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-04-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-04-30
• Study First Posted: 2020-05-04
• Last Update Posted: 2020-05-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

Patients who

• volunteered to participate in the study,
• were 18 years old or older and underwent CS,
• stayed in the ICU for ≥ 3 days,

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who

• have percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy,
• abdominal hernia,
• irritable bowel syndrome
• bowel cancer,
• history of abdominal surgery,
• pregnancy,

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
abdominal massage group	abdominal massage	the abdominal massage group received a total of 30 minutes of massage, 15 minutes every morning and evening, until the first defecation.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primery outcome: bowel sounds	up to 10 days	time return of bowel sounds
Primery outcome: first defecation	up to 10 days	time of the first defecation

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
constipation risk	up to 24 hours	constipation risk in intensive care unit