NCT06824857

Effect of Abdominal Massage on Bowel Movements in Patients With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Effect of Postoperative Abdominal Massage on Bowel Movements in Patients With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 64 (actual)
• Sponsor: Gazi University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study will be conducted as a randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of postoperative abdominal massage on bowel movements in patients who underwent surgery after subarachnoid hemorrhage and are hospitalized in the neurosurgery intensive care unit.

Detailed description

The study will be conducted as a randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of postoperative abdominal massage on bowel movements in patients who underwent surgery after subarachnoid hemorrhage and are hospitalized in the neurosurgery intensive care unit. The sample of the study will consist of a total of 64 patients, 32 in the experimental group and 32 in the control group, hospitalized in the tertiary neurosurgery intensive care unit. Data collection tools are the "Descriptive Characteristics Form" and the "Patient Follow-up Form".The statistician will determine whether the patients who meet the sampling criteria will be assigned to the experimental or control group through randomization. The stratified randomization method will be used in the study. In this context, patients who meet the inclusion criteria from the start date of the study in the Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit will be randomized by assigning them to the control group and abdominal massage groups, respectively. Patients will be assigned to the control and abdominal massage groups in this order until the sample size is reached. The CONSORT diagram will be used in the randomization of patients.

Conditions

• Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (SAH)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Abdominal Massage Application	As part of the abdominal massage application, patient follow-up forms and checklists were prepared. Before starting the study, the abdominal massage practitioner participated in a certification program on this topic and received a competency certificate. Patients will be followed up for the first 3 days postoperatively using the prepared patient follow-up forms. Abdominal massage will be applied to each patient for 15 minutes according to a certain standard as stated in the literature

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-09-16
• Primary completion: 2025-03-20
• Completion: 2025-03-20
• First posted: 2025-02-13
• Last updated: 2025-08-21

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)