The Effect of Abdominal Massage and Warm Application on Excretory Activity in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Replacement With Spinal Anesthesia

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Conditions studied: Total Knee Replacement

In brief

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of abdominal massage and warm application on the excretory activity (time of first bowel sounds, defecation time and the amount of laxative used until discharge) after total knee replacement surgery performed with spinal anesthesia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06578936

Run by

Ayşe Demirtaş

People needed

84

Starts

2024-08-05

Expected to finish

2025-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2024-08-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Written and verbal permission was obtained to participate in the study,
• 18 years of age or older,
• Conscious, oriented and cooperative,
• Speaks and understands Turkish,
• Total knee replacement with spinal anesthesia planned,
• No condition in which abdominal massage is contraindicated (inflammatory bowel disease, presence of abdominal tumors, surgical intervention or radiotherapy to the abdominal area, presence or suspicion of ileus, and pregnancy),
• No physician-diagnosed chronic constipation,
• Mobilized,
• Patients who do not have problems with transition to oral feeding and can be fed orally will be included.

You may not qualify if…

• Written and verbal permission to participate in the research could not be obtained,
• Under 18 years of age,
• Unconscious, disoriented and uncooperative,
• Can speak Turkish but cannot understand it,
• Total knee replacement with general anesthesia planned,
• Any condition in which abdominal massage is contraindicated (inflammatory bowel disease, presence of abdominal tumors, surgical intervention or radiotherapy to the abdominal area, presence or suspicion of ileus, and pregnancy),
• Physician-diagnosed chronic constipation,
• Non-mobilized,
• Patients who have problems with transition to oral feeding and who cannot be fed orally will not be included.

Where it is running

• Adana city hospital — Adana, Turkey (Türkiye) (enrolling)
• Mersin Univercity — Mersin, Turkey (Türkiye) (enrolling)

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