The Effect of the Hand Massage Application on the Procedural Pain and State Anxiety of Women Undergoing Brachytherapy: A Parallel-Group Randomized Controlled Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Enrolling By Invitation
- Sponsor
- TC Erciyes University
- Enrollment
- 36
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Visual Analog Scale
Overview
Brief Summary
Background Gynecologic cancers are among the ten most common cancers among women. During brachytherapy, women can have pain and situational anxiety due to the treatment.
Methods This parallel-group randomized controlled study evaluated the effect of the hand massage practiced using baby oil, with lavender oil, on reducing operational pain and situational anxiety in women with brachytherapy. The study was completed with 36 patients. The treatment group included 18 patients, and the control group had 18. The data were collected through patient information form, visual analog scale, and state anxiety inventory. Before the brachytherapy, three sessions of hand massages, each lasting 10 minutes (5 minutes for each hand), were performed using baby oil with lavender. Data collection forms were repeated after each session. The control group received routine treatment. p<0.05 was accepted as significant.
Detailed Description
Therefore, the impact of hand massage applied with lavender baby oil on women with gynecologic cancer having brachytherapy for three sessions on the pain and state anxiety experienced during the intervention was evaluated in this study.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •verbal communication
- •to be at the age of 18 and above
- •to be diagnosed with gynecologic cancer and receive BT three days a week regularly
- •to be aware that she has a gynecologic cancer disease and to be a volunteer to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria
- •the patients who had metastasis, bleeding or coagulation disorder
- •received complementary and integrated treatment
- •had edema or lesion on hand, had a psychiatric disease
- •had communication problems
- •did not want to have a massage
- •were under general anesthesia during the intervention
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Visual Analog Scale
Time Frame: The scale was filled in the baseline
VAS is a form including numbers and is used in rating pain. Patients mark their pain on a 10 cm ruler with painlessness 0 written on the left end and the most severe pain possible 10 on the right end. It is stated that VAS is more sensitive and dependable in pain severity measurement when compared to other one-dimensional scales
Secondary Outcomes
- State Anxiety Scale(The scale was filled in the baseline)
Investigators
Dilek Efe Arslan
Principal Investigator
TC Erciyes University