The Effect of Foot Reflexology Applied on Diabetic Patients with Neuropathic Pain on the Patients' Quality of Life, Hope and Pain Levels
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 102
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Neuropathic Pain Impact on Quality of Life Questionnaire (NePIQOL)
研究概览
简要总结
This study was carried out to determine the effect of foot reflexology applied to diabetic patients with neuropathic pain on their quality of life, hope and pain levels.
This research, which was designed as a randomized controlled and experimental study, was conducted between January 2022 and December 2022. It was determined that foot reflexology application increased the quality of life and hope level of diabetic patients with neuropathic pain and decreased the level of pain.
详细描述
Aim: This study was carried out to determine the effect of foot reflexology applied to diabetic patients with neuropathic pain on their quality of life, hope and pain levels.
Material and Method: This research, which was designed as a randomized controlled and experimental study, was conducted between January 2022 and December 2022. The data of the study consisted of 102 diabetic patients with neuropathic pain, 51 of whom were experimental and 51 were controls. As data collection tools; Patient Information Form, Herth Hope Scale (HHI), Four-Question Neuropathic Pain Questionnaire (DN4Q), Neuropathic Pain Impact on Quality of Life Questionnaire (NePIQoL), and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) were used. A total of 12 sessions of foot reflexology were applied to the patients in the experimental group, twice a week for 6 weeks. No intervention was performed on the patients in the control group.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
盲法说明
In this study, patients were randomized to the experimental and control groups by using a simple random numbers table from the computer-assisted randomization program in accordance with the simple random sampling method. In this study, participants in the experimental and control groups were blind to each other; however, the researcher was not blinded to the group allocation as he was also the practitioner.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •18 years old and over
- •Do not have any physical or mental illness that will prevent communication,
- •Diabetic neuropathic pain [with a total score of at least 4 and above according to the Four-Question Neuropathic Pain Questionnaire (DN4Q)]
- •Patients who can read, write and speak Turkish
排除标准
- •Complications developing during reflexology practice,
- •Not attending at least one of the practice sessions,
- •It was planned to exclude patients who wanted to leave at any stage of the study.
结局指标
主要结局
Neuropathic Pain Impact on Quality of Life Questionnaire (NePIQOL)
时间窗: At the end of the 6-week intervention
Vizüel Analog Scale (VAS)
时间窗: At the end of the 6-week intervention
Herth Hope Scale
时间窗: At the end of the 6-week intervention
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Cihat Demirel
Lecturer
Muş Alparslan University