NCT05937607

The Effect of the Hand Massage A Women Undergoing Brachytherapy

The Effect of the Hand Massage Application on the Procedural Pain and State Anxiety of Women Undergoing Brachytherapy: A Parallel-Group Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (estimated)
• Sponsor: TC Erciyes University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed description

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.

Conditions

• Hand Massage

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Hand massage	It is reported in the literature that the application should last 5-10 minutes on average to reduce acute pain, state anxiety, and provide physiological positive changes and relaxation in individuals during the procedure

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-06-14
• Primary completion: 2023-07-15
• Completion: 2023-08-15
• First posted: 2023-07-10
• Last updated: 2023-07-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)