The Effect of the Hand Massage Application on the Procedural Pain and State Anxiety of Women Undergoing Brachytherapy: A Parallel-Group Randomized Controlled Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- Enrolling By Invitation
- 入组人数
- 36
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Visual Analog Scale
研究概览
简要总结
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.
详细描述
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.
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 (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •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
排除标准
- •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
研究组 & 干预措施
Hand massage
hand massage was applied to the patients to receive intracavitary brachytherapy using lavender baby oil for three sessions of 10 minutes each, starting 5 minutes before the procedure.
干预措施: Hand massage (Behavioral)
Control Group
The control group did not receive any intervention during the study period
结局指标
主要结局
Visual Analog Scale
时间窗: 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
次要结局
- State Anxiety Scale(The scale was filled in the baseline)
研究者
Dilek Efe Arslan
Principal Investigator
TC Erciyes University