The Effect of Hand Massage on Pain, Anxiety, and Comfort Levels of Intensive Care Patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stroke

• Registration Number: NCT06808906
• Lead Sponsor: Sakarya University

Brief Summary

This study titled "Evaluation of the Effect of Hand Massage on Patients' Pain, Anxiety and Comfort Levels" aims to determine the effect of hand massage on patients in intensive care units. Our study is single-center and will continue until May 30, 2023. The study is designed to create an experimental and control group. Your patient is in the control group of the study. During the application period of the study, patients in the control group will be provided with routine nursing care and no additional nursing intervention will be applied. Patients in the intervention group of the study will be applied a total of 12 sessions of hand massage, 6 sessions per week (15 minutes each session).

Detailed Description

The study sample consisted of patients who were receiving treatment at the Neurology Intensive Care Unit of Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital between April and May 2023, who met the inclusion criteria and agreed to participate in the study. The patients were divided into an intervention group (n=32) that received 15-minute hand massage and a control group (n=32) that received routine nursing care. The Sociodemographic Data Form, Visual Pain Scale (VAS), General Comfort Scale-Short Form and Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were used to collect data. Inclusion Criteria

* Being 18 years of age or older

* Agreeing to participate in the study and having written permission

* Not having any cognitive, sensory or mental disorders

* Being able to speak and communicate in Turkish

* Being fully oriented to place, time and person

* Individuals to be included should not have conditions such as masses, loss of sensation, fractures or ingrown toenails in their hands

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients who do not agree to participate in the study

* Patients who want to leave the study during the research process will not be included.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-05-20
• Primary Completion: 2023-08-20
• Study Completion: 2023-10-30
• Status Verified: 2025-01
• Study First Submitted: 2025-01-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-01-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-01-30
• Study First Posted: 2025-02-05
• Last Update Posted: 2025-02-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

• Individuals aged 18 years and over who agreed to participate in the study
• whose written consent was obtained
• who had no communication problems (hearing, vision, speech, and perception) were included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who did not agree to participate in the study, who had conditions such as mass in the hand area, sensory loss, previous surgical operation, allergy or skin disease, fracture, and ingrown nail, and who could not complete 12 sessions were excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual Pain Scale (VAS)	15 minutes and 60 minutes after 10 minutes of hand massage	It is a 10 cm horizontal or vertical line with different numbers on both ends (0=no pain, 10=most severe pain). In many studies, it is used as an easy-to-apply and understandable scale for the assessment of pain intensity. VAS is also used for the assessment of comfort.
General Comfort Scale-Short Form (GCS-SF)	15 minutes and 60 minutes after 10 minutes of hand massage	The scale has sub-dimensions of relief (9 items), ease (9 items), and transcendence (10 items). In the evaluation of the scale consisting of positive and negative items, negative items are reverse coded and summed. The highest total score that can be obtained from the scale is 112, and the lowest score is 28
Spielberg State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)	15 minutes and 60 minutes after 10 minutes of hand massage	The scale, which was developed based on the two-factor anxiety concept to determine the state and trait anxiety levels of individuals, consists of a total of 40 items and two separate sections. Two different sections determine transient-state (20 items) and trait (20 items) anxiety levels. The State Anxiety Scale (SAS) determines how the individual feels at a certain moment and in a certain situation, and the Trait Anxiety Scale (TAS) determines how the individual generally feels. A total of 20-80 points are obtained from these scales. The highest score obtained from the scale indicates a high level of anxiety. An increase in the total score obtained from the scale indicates a high level of anxiety.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sakarya University; 🇹🇷 Sakarya, Serdivan, Turkey