The effect of foot massage on agitation in patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy
- Conditions
- Anxiety,Amnesia and pain.Anxiety NOS
- Registration Number
- IRCT2015080623525N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Introduction: Electroconvulsive therapy in the psychiatric disorders, due to complications such as severe anxiety caused by invasion, yet has failed to achieve its real position in the field of psychiatry. With regard to the restriction of the use of medicines for anxiety management, a study was conducted in these patients with a purpose to evaluate the effect of reflexology on reducing anxiety and complication after it in patients undergoing ECT.<br /> Methods and materials: The present study was performed as a clinical trial with 68 admitted patients receiving ECT that were randomly assigned into control (n = 34) and intervention groups (n = 34). In the test group, the intervention was measured during three 20-min sessions, and in the control group, the patient leg was massaged for 1 minute using olive oil. The amnesia score of patients was equally measured and compared 30 minutes after ECT at the end of each session by using a (GALVESTON- ORIENTATION-AMNESIA-TEST) questionnaire.The anxiety of patients was measured once before the intervention (reflexology) in both groups, and once again, after the ECT (after consciousness of the patient) at the end of each session, with Spielberger state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI), and pain of the patients was measured and compared using numeric pain scale at 15 min after electroconvulsive therapy at the end of each session in both groups. The data was analyzed by SPSS v.13 using chi-square tests, independent t-test, repeated measurement and Friedman test.<br /> Findings: The results showed the significant effect of the group on amnesia, this means that people who received the intervention were collected over the entire study had a significantly higher score in comparison of control group for score of anamnesis (p=.02). Also, the results showed that at the end of the third session of reflexology, the mean score of state anxiety (s) in the intervention group was had significantly reduced compared to the control group (p
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 68
candidated for ECT by a psychiatrist? no history of eclectroconvulsive therapy? males and females with age of 18 years and over? lack of foot problems such as ulceration and scarring? Desiring to participate in the study? Be alert and aware? Lack of drug addiction and non-drug treatment of sleep the night before eclectroconvulsive therapy? lack of an underlying medical condition (having diabetes, hypothyroidism, Hypethyroidism, electrolyte disorders, neuromuscular diseases)? lack of perceptional disorders and impaired reality testing (hallucinations and delusions)? the absence of anxiety disorder?Inform the doctor about the procedure on the patients? getting consent from protector of patient? no acute problems vision due to interference by filling out the Visual Analog Scale for Pain (VAS Pain).
Exclusion criteria: Patients who for any reason do not have the desire to continue working? patients in the acute phase of psychosis (hallucinations and delusions)? absence of more than one session in the process of intervention
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anxiety. Timepoint: Before and immediately after the intervention. Method of measurement: Spilberger Questionnare.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ?Amnesia. Timepoint: Thirty minutes after electroconvulsive therapy. Method of measurement: Galveston- Orietation-Amnesia-Test.;Pain. Timepoint: Fifteen minutes after electroconvulsive therapy. Method of measurement: Numeric Pain scale.