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Comparing the effects of therapeutic massage by nurses and patients' companion on pain severity and sleep quality in post CABG patients

Phase 2
Conditions
coronary artery disease.
Atherosclerotic heart disease
Registration Number
IRCT201208218505N3
Lead Sponsor
Vice chancellor for research, Shiraz University of Medical Scinces
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
105
Inclusion Criteria

A) 1- Orientation to time, place & person; 2 - Minimum age 18 and maximum 70; 3- Post CABG patients; 4- Patients hospitalized in post heart surgery ICU and stay at least 3 days; 5- Willing to participate.
B) Exclusion criteria:1- Unwillingness to continuing participation; 2- Decrease level of consciousness; 3- Unstable hemodynamic status; 4- Patients who have coagulation problems; 5- Pump time more than four hours; 6- Patients who have chronic and malignant pain; 7- prescription of sedative drugs (over 0 .5 mg Alprazolam per day); 8- History of drug and alcohol abuse over the last two months; 9- History of diabetes over the last fifteen years; 10- History of neurological, cerebrovascular, cardiovascular, psychiatric and respiratory disorders.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain. Timepoint: before and immediately,30,60 minutes and 2 hours after the massage therapy. Method of measurement: visual analog scale.;Sleep quality. Timepoint: before and one day after the last intervention. Method of measurement: SMHSQ.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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