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Effect of Foot Bath on Pain, Sleep, and Comfort Levels After Abdominal Surgery

ConditionsPain, PostoperativeSleep
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorTrakya University

About this trial

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of foot bath application on pain level, comfort and sleep quality in the postoperative period.

H1: Foot baths have a postoperative pain-reducing effect. H2: Foot baths have a postoperative comfort-enhancing effect. H3: Foot baths have a postoperative sleep-improving effect.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

who are hospitalized in the General Surgery Clinic,

are on day 0 of surgery,

volunteer to participate in the study,

have no neuropsychiatric diagnosis and are not taking antipsychotic medications,

Disqualifiers

patients who underwent multiple simultaneous surgeries along with abdominal surgery,

those with postoperative complications such as delirium,

those who underwent reoperation,

those with a pain score >7 because it could affect sleep levels,

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Foot bath device

    Other intervention

    On the day of surgery, patients will receive a foot bath between 9:00 PM and 10:00 PM. Any socks or clothing on both feet will be removed. The feet will be visually and manually examined to determine if they show any signs of illness (pressure ulcers, discoloration, wounds, etc.). The patient will be informed that the foot bath device is disinfected before each use and that water-tight bags will be placed around the device to prevent contact between the foot and the water to facilitate repeated use. The water temperature will be adjusted to 41-42°C using an infrared thermometer (non-contact digital thermometer). Both feet will be placed inside the foot bath device. The patient's feet will remain in the foot bath device for 20 minutes. After the foot bath, the patient's feet will be thoroughly dried with a towel, and the patient will be re-dressed in their existing socks or anti-embolic stockings. Any side effects/adverse reactions, etc., related to the foot bath will be questioned and

Treatment groups

96 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Experimental group (with Foot Bath Device Foot Bath Application (20 min, 41-42°C)Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Control group Control group (Standard care (no foot bath procedure)No intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Pain level

"Numerical rating scale" A score of 0 (zero) indicates no pain, while a score of 10 (ten) indicates unbearable pain.

Time frame
postoperative period (first day)
2

sleep quality

"The Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire" Each item is scored on a visual analog scale from 0 to 100. Scores between 0 and 25 indicate very poor sleep, while scores between 76 and 100 indicate very good sleep.

Time frame
postoperative period (1st day)

Secondary outcomes

1

Adverse effect

Adverse effect (Yes or No)

Time frame
during application and 12 hours of application.

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Trakya University

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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