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Melatonin on Anxiety and Sleep Quality in Adults Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Anxiety
Melatonin
Sleep Quality
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Interventions
Other: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT06237556
Lead Sponsor
Ain Shams University
Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of melatonin on post operative sleeping quality, anxiety, and post-operative opioid requirements in adults post coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Detailed Description

Sleep disturbance is common among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), especially during the first week of the postoperative period. Sleep disorders result in important impacts on morbidity, mortality, and quality of life.

Many factors are thought to be the cause of sleep disturbance in patients who have undergone CABG. These factors include environmental stimuli (e.g. noise and uncomfortable beds), individual characteristics (e.g. primary sleep disorder and comorbid health), nature of cardiac illnesses, and surgical complications (e.g. incisional pain, use of diuretics and resultant nocturia, dyspnea, and difficulty in finding the proper position to sleep).

Furthermore, decreased plasma melatonin concentrations have been documented during surgery and the postsurgical period in patients having undergone CABG.

Melatonin is a neurohormone originating from the amino acid, tryptophan, and is mainly secreted by the pineal gland into the blood stream and the cerebrospinal fluid. It possesses a circadian secretion pattern with a low blood concentration during the day and a high concentration at night.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age from 40-60 years.
  • Both sexes.
  • Patients undergoing standard on-pump CABG with the same technique by the same surgical team.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Refusal of procedure or participation in the study by patients.
  • Patients with known history of allergy to one of study drugs
  • Patients taking psychiatric medications, CNS depressants, and hypnotic drugs.
  • Patients with neurological disorders stroke, intracranial hemorrhage and surgery.
  • Patients with a history of suffering from any sleep disorder.
  • Severe circulatory or respiratory disease.
  • Patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
  • Cognitive or psychiatric illness that leads to inability to cooperate, speak or provide informed consent

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Control groupPlaceboPatients in the control group will receive placebo.
Melatonin groupMelatonin 5 MGThree days before the operation patients will receive 5 mg of melatonin (Melatonin, Nature Made, Canada, and USA) one hour before assigned sleep time until the time of discharge from hospital.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Quality of sleepFive days postoperative

Sleep quality will be evaluated using the Groningen Sleep Quality Score (GSQS), The GSQS consists of 15 questions about the previous night's sleep, answered with Yes or No.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Anxiety24 hours postoperative

The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) is a psychological questionnaire employed by clinicians to rate the severity of anxiety. This scale includes 14 items. Each consists of a number of symptoms, and the symptoms are graded on a scale of zero to four.

Each item is scored on a scale of 0 (not present) to 4 (severe), with a total score range of 0-56, where \<17 indicates mild severity, 18-24 mild to moderate severity and 25-30 moderate to severe.

The degree of pain24 hours postoperative

The degree of pain will be assessed using numerical rating scale (NRS) requires for sternal pain, the patient to rate their pain on a defined scale from 0-10 where 0 is no pain and 10 is the worst pain) measured at time intervals: 30 minutes, 6hours, 12hours, and 24h after extubation. If NRS \> 4 rescue analgesia will be given in form of IV morphine0.05mg /kg.

Opioid requirements24 hours postoperative

Postoperative analgesia in the ICU was carried out for both groups. All patients received IV fentanyl infusion (0.5ugm/kg/hr) with 15ug bouls if sudden rise in Heart rate or mean arterial blood pressure \> 20% of base line to be stopped before extubation, after extubation Paracetamol 1gm was given every 8 hours for all patients, diclofenac 75mg /12hr.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ain Shams University

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Cairo, Egypt

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