The Effectiveness of Acupressure for Managing Postoperative Pain and Anxiety in Patients With Thoracoscopic Surgery

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Lung Diseases
• Interventions: Other: acupressure

• Registration Number: NCT04595253
• Lead Sponsor: Wei-Fen Ma

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness of acupressure for managing postoperative pain, anxiety, analgesia consumption, early ambulation, and comfort in patients with thoracoscopic surgery.

Detailed Description

Thoracoscopic surgery is the surgical used to removal of a section or a segment of a lung lobe. One US national survey reported that 80% of patients undergoing pulmonary surgery experienced acute pain. 75-86% of these patients pointed out that experienced moderate, severe, or extreme pain, especially, on the 1st day after thoracoscopic surgery. However, inappropriate pain management after surgery is associated with limited the healing process, increased workload of heart, prolonged pulmonary rehabilitation, and increased medical costs, and can be a prediction of developing chronic pain. Acupressure is a nonpharmacological treatment for the management of postoperative pain. Recent studies have found that the application of acupressure is effective in decreasing operative pain intensity, morphine related side effects, and opioid consumptions after surgery. However, there was no further research about the role of acupressure applied to thoracoscopic surgery.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-09-20
• Study First Submitted: 2020-10-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-10-19
• Study First Posted: 2020-10-20
• Status Verified: 2021-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-07-27
• Primary Completion: 2021-08
• Last Update Posted: 2021-08-02
• Study Completion: 2021-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• pulmonary lung disease and will be scheduled to undergo a thoracoscopic wedge resection, segmentectomy, or lobectomy.
• American Society of Anesthesiologist physical status of Classes I-II,
• both forearms without missing limbs or arteriovenous fistula
• ability to communicate in Taiwanese or Chinese, and
• agreement to participate in this study.

Exclusion Criteria

• diagnosed as malignant neoplasm with lung meta,
• Had a stroke or peripheral vascular disease
• Platelet count less than 20 x 10^3/mm^3
• Using the patient controlled analgesia, and
• any known mental illness or memory dysfunction.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
acupressure	acupressure	After recruitment, participants will be randomized to receive acupressure or control group. In the acupressure group, participants will receive acupressure treatment.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain:Changes from baseline pain scale at post-operative day 2, after intervention.	Measure at before operation day, 7 post meridiem (PM), before operation; post-operative day1, 8 ante meridiem (AM), before intervention; post-operative day 1, 5 PM, after intervention; and post-operative day 2, 5 PM, after intervention	as assessed by Visual Analogue Scale-Pain (VAS-P). The VAS-P scale is comprised of a horizontal line 100mm long with the indication "no pain" to the left and "worst possible pain" to the right. possible scores varied between 0-100. A higher scores mean a worse outcome.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety	Time Frame: Measure at before operation day, 7 post meridiem (PM), before operation; post-operative day1, 8 ante meridiem (AM), before intervention; and post-operative day 2, post meridiem (PM), after intervention.	as assessed by State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) Y form (STAI-Y1). It is 20 questions, which were rated from 1-4. Possible scores varied between 20-80. A STAI-Y1 score\>40 as evidence of a state of anxiety.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

China Medical University; 🇨🇳 Taichung, Taiwan