The effect of reflexology on anxiety and physiological parameters of coronary artery bypass surgery patients
- Conditions
- Ischemic Heart Disease.Other forms of chronic ischaemic heart disease
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016110125937N3
- Lead Sponsor
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 134
1) Having age between 18 to 65 and women after menopause to prevent the effects of hormones on blood vessel walls due to the effects on hemodynamic parameters such as heart rate and blood pressure. 2) No previous history of coronary artery bypass surgery. 3) No emergency bypass surgery. 4) Identical conditions of anesthesiologists and anesthesia for all patients. 5) Surgery with the heart and lungs device. 6) No psychological problems (such as depression or anxiety disorders), and history of psychiatric drugs according to the patient's previous history and the patient's clinical records. 7) No reflexology for at least the last 3 months. 8) Having healthy feet and no foot deformities (such as corns, callus, previous scar, neuropathy). 9) Having neither an intra-aortic balloon pump nor a pacemaker. 10) No addiction to alcohol and drugs. 11) No history of chronic pain such as arthritis. 12) Not participated in a similar study. 13) No facial scar.
Exclusion criteria: 1) Lack of consciousness 2) Heart valve repair or replacement during CABG surgery. 3) Severe visual impairments after surgery. 4) Hemodynamic instability. 5) Dissatisfaction to continue to participate in the study
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anxiety. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after intervention, and ten minutes after intervention. Method of measurement: Anxiety Visual Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Physiological parameters. Timepoint: Before the beginning of intervention then immediately and 10 minutes after intervention. Method of measurement: Physiological Index Documentation Form.