Evaluating the update of acupressure in the management of post-operative nausea and vomiting through auditing

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Postoperative nausea and vomiting; Anaesthesiology - Other anaesthesiology; Alternative and Complementary Medicine - Other alternative and complementary medicine

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619000333112
• Lead Sponsor: orthern Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-03-04
• Last Update Posted: 15 July 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1292

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion: meeting both criteria
•Those who undergo general anaesthesia
•PONV risk at or more than 2 prior to surgery

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion: meeting anyone of the following criteria
•Patients that are scheduled to stay in Intensive Care Unit after surgery;
•Patients have active carpel tunnel syndrome
•Patients whose wrist is over 23 cm in circumference or
•Patient wrist is swelling or in pain

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br>PONV risk self-checklist is completed for or by surgical patients who undergoing general anaesthesia. <br>This is through auditing the use and completion of PONV checklist, i e. data linkage to patient medical records.<br>[On the day of the surgery ];Performance of acupressure is recorded <br>This is though auditing the Anaesthetics Chart Progress note”, and pre-operative checklist” and post-operative” checklist, i.e., data linkage to patient medical records.[On the day of the surgery ];Expression of interest (EOI) for acupressure is given by surgical patients who undergoing general anaesthesia.<br>This is through auditing the use and completion of PONV checklist of EOI in patient medical records <br>[On the day of the surgery ]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
use of rescue anti-emetic medications <br>Auditing, i.e., data linkage to patient medical records.[within the recovery unit, and 24 hours post-operatively];time spent in the recovery unit, <br>Auditing, i.e., data linkage to patient medical records.[when patient is discharged from the recovery unit ];duration of hospital stay,<br>Auditing, i.e., data linkage to patient medical records.[At the end of hospital stay ];dose of opioid medications<br>Auditing, i.e., data linkage to patient medical records.[within the first 24 hours post-operatively ];the incidence of PONV (For short-stay and day cases only) <br>Through follow up with patients via phone calls or a survey sent to patients via their smart phone [first 24 hours post-operatively]