Effect of Applying Cooling Gel Pad on the pain of sternal incision associated with deep breathing and coughing.
- Conditions
- Coronary artery disease.Chronic ischaemic heart disease, unspecifiedI20-125
- Registration Number
- IRCT201207249422N2
- Lead Sponsor
- rmia University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
more than 21 years age; able to speak and understand Persian; The minimum literacy of Reading and writing; Willing to give written informed consent; male or female patients scheduled to undergo Coronary artery bypass graft surgery with or without a valve replacement using a median sternotomy. Exclusion criteria: Mechanically ventilated patients; diseases that affect pain measurement (Delirium; Dementia or Major depression; Severe visual, hearing and verbal impairment; diabetic patient) contradictions to cryotherapy use such as ( Reynaud’s disease; cryoglobulinemia; sickle cell anemia; cold allergic conditions and in
areas with impaired sensation); bilateral mammary harvest; postoperative complications such as (infection; bleeding; uncontrolled Atrial fibrillation or wound dehiscence).
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Intensity of pain. Timepoint: Immediately before the application of cooling gel pack and after termination of DB & C sessions in intervention group and Immediately before and after DB & C sessions in control group. Method of measurement: numeric rating scale (NRS).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anxiety. Timepoint: At the beginning application of cooling gel pack and before deep breathing and coughing. Method of measurement: State –Trait Anxiety Inventory.;Quality of pain. Timepoint: Immediately before the application of cooling gel pack and after termination of DB & C sessions in intervention group and Immediately before and after DB & C sessions in control group. Method of measurement: Modified short form MacGill pain Questionnaire.;Blood pressure and heart rate. Timepoint: Immediately before the application of cooling gel pack and after termination of DB & C sessions in intervention group and Immediately before and after DB & C sessions in control group. Method of measurement: Cardiac monitoring machine.;Spo2. Timepoint: Immediately before the application of cooling gel pack and after termination of DB & C sessions in intervention group and Immediately before and after DB & C sessions in control group. Method of measurement: Pulse Oxy-meter.