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IRCT201504225987N20 IRCT 2015-08-03 Vice chancellor of researcher, Tehran University of Medical Sciences - - The effect of acupressure on bowel elimination in patients with skeletal traction 2015-05-12 anticipated 120 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/6457 interventional Randomization: Not randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Supportive, Other design features: Hospitals will be chosen by a coin toss. 2 bowel elimination in patients with skeletal traction. Intervention 1: Intervention group: Before the start of the intervention, nurse researcher in the study received training by a certified traditional Chinese physition. Patients placed in the supine position, and then gradually, acupressure exerted with thumbs on the acupressure points: Tianshu(ST25), Zhigou(SJ6), Hegu(LI4) for 2 minutes until they felt pain or soreness. Procedure performed daily, once in the morning and again in the evening. The intervention started on the first day after the placement of the skeletal traction for 3 days. Bowel elimination questionnaire completed after first defecation. Finally, satisfaction with bowel movement is also measured by questionnaire. Intervention 2: Control group: Patients in the control groups received only usual nursing care. Bowel elimination questionnaire completed after first defecation. Finally, satisfaction with bowel elimination is also measured by questionnaire.
public Maryam Fadaei
The faculty of nursing and midwifery of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Nosrat street, Tohid square, Tehran, Iran
Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1419733171 +98 21 6642 0739 Maryamfadaei0@gmail.com Tehran University of Medical Sciences scientific Shahrzad Ghiyasvandian
The faculty of nursing and midwifery of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Nosrat street, Tohid square, Tehran, Iran
Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1419733171 +98 21 6642 0739 Shghiyas@tums.ac.ir Tehran University of Medical Science Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran (Islamic Republic of) Inclusion criteria: age 18 to 60 years; the ability to communicate in Persian; no hearing problem; no risk of gastrointestinal disorder such as irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation; lack of drug use; lack of mental illness; a limb skeletal traction or cervical vertebral of Krutchfield; lack of pregnancy; the patient is not NPO for 12 hours before intervention. Exclusion criteria: Serious disease that causes a change in bowel movements and unwillingness to continue the cooperation of the patient in the study at any time of the study. 18 years 60 years Both K55, K56, Other diseases of intestines Other Other Intervention group: Before the start of the intervention, nurse researcher in the study received training by a certified traditional Chinese physition. Patients placed in the supine position, and then gradually, acupressure exerted with thumbs on the acupressure points: Tianshu(ST25), Zhigou(SJ6), Hegu(LI4) for 2 minutes until they felt pain or soreness. Procedure performed daily, once in the morning and again in the evening. The intervention started on the first day after the placement of the skeletal traction for 3 days. Bowel elimination questionnaire completed after first defecation. Finally, satisfaction with bowel movement is also measured by questionnaire. Control group: Patients in the control groups received only usual nursing care. Bowel elimination questionnaire completed after first defecation. Finally, satisfaction with bowel elimination is also measured by questionnaire. Bowel elimination. Timepoint: First defecation after skeletal traction. Method of measurement: A questionnaire survey of bowel movements. Satisfaction of defecation. Timepoint: after first defecation. Method of measurement: questionnaire. Vice chancellor of researcher, Tehran University of Medical Sciences Approved 2015-04-22 Ethics committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences Central building of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Qods street, Keshavarz blvd, Tehran, Iran Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of)