NCT06950580

Effect of Abdominal Massage on Patients in Intensive Care Unit

Investigation of the Effect of Abdominal Massage on Patients in Intensive Care Unit: Randomised Controlled Trial

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 128 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Karadeniz Technical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Bowel motility can be affected by many factors such as immobilization, lack of fiber in the nutritional formula, inadequate fluid intake, and lack of privacy for toileting in patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit. Abdominal massage, which is one of the effective methods to increase intestinal motility, is accepted as an intervention that can be safely applied in patients. The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of abdominal massage applied to patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit on sepsis, survival, discharge time from intensive care unit, amount and duration of antibiotic use. Hypotheses H0: Abdominal massage application has no effect on sepsis, survival, discharge time from intensive care unit, amount and duration of antibiotic use in patients hospitalized in intensive care unit. H1: Abdominal massage application has an effect on sepsis, survival, discharge time from intensive care unit, amount and duration of antibiotic use in patients hospitalized in intensive care unit. In this randomized controlled study, the data of patients who received abdominal massage for 5 days during routine physiotherapy applications and those who did not will be recorded. Randomization will be performed in a 1:1 ratio using a computer generated randomization schedule. The effect of abdominal massage on sepsis, survival, discharge time from intensive care, amount and duration of antibiotic use will be examined by using the data of 2 groups with and without abdominal massage in a randomized controlled trial.

Conditions

• Intensive Care Unit Patients
• Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
• Abdominal Massage

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	abdominal massage	In addition to routine physiotherapy, abdominal massage will be applied by the physiotherapist. The patient is positioned supine. The abdominal muscles are stroked three times, followed by colon stroking performed three times, and colon kneading performed three times. The massage is concluded by repeating the colon and abdominal stroking techniques in the same manner. Patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit will routinely receive abdominal massage twice daily by the physiotherapist

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-05-01
• Primary completion: 2025-10-01
• Completion: 2026-02-01
• First posted: 2025-04-30
• Last updated: 2025-04-30