Effect of Family Member's Massage Therapy on the Vital Signs and Glasgow Coma Scale Score

N/ACompletedNCT01909882

Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University180 enrolled

Overview

The effect of family member's massage therapy on the Vital signs and Glasgow Coma Scale Score of hospitalized patients in Intensive Care Unit: A Triple-blinded Randomized controlled Clinical Trial Study

Aims and objectives: To determine the effects of family member's massage therapy on the Vital signs and Glasgow Coma Scale Score of hospitalized patients in Intensive Care Unit. Background: Unalleviated complications related to hospitalization including stress, anxiety, pain, and fear can easily impacts on different systems including brain and stimulates sympatric nerves and as a result causes instabilities in vital signs and deterioration in consciousness level. Alternative and complementary therapies including therapeutic massage have been used to decrease the mentioned side effects. Design: A Triple-blinded Randomized controlled Clinical Trial Methods: All prolonged hospitalized patients and their families (45 patients and 45 family members in each group) were selected consecutively among the patients admitted in ICU. Data collection tool consisted of two parts. The first part included demographic data (age, mar¬ital status and Body Max Index) and the second part included a checklist to record the patient's vital signs (systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, respiratory rate, and pulse rate). All measurements were conducted in same time in both groups as follow: before the intervention (the whole massage therapy), one hour, two hours, three hours, and four hours. Collected data was analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics utilizing SPSS 11.5 software. Keywords: Family member's massage therapy; Vital signs; Glasgow coma scale; Intensive care unit; Randomized controlled Clinical Trial; Iran.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

180

Conditions

Trauma

Interventions

Massage therapyOTHER

One session of massage therapy (for 60 minutes) was done by the patient's family member. Almond oil was used for effleurage and massage facilitation. Back, shoulder deltoid muscles, front and posterior parts of legs, arms, forearms, front and back parts of thighs, palms and fingers, metatarsus, front and back of feet and toes, belly and chest, auxiliaries and neck muscles of the patients were massaged. Massage techniques used included static massage, surface tension techniques, stretching massage, superficial lymph unload, transverse friction techniques, and myofacial releasing techniques. All the massage sessions were conducted in the morning shifts. For the control group, there was no intervention and patients just received the routine care of the unit.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * more than 10-day hospitalization, hemodynamic stability, having the Glasgow coma scale score between 7 to 12, intra cranial pressure less than 20 mmHg, no limitation or contraindication for changing in body position (including active bleeding or flail chest) and body massage (such as advanced burn degrees, severe dyspnea, fever, etc) and willing to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Any factors which violate inclusion criteria

Locations (1)

Shariati hospital

Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Systolic Blood Pressure

Change in Systolic Blood Pressure

Time frame: 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

Diastolic Blood Pressure

change in diastolic blood pressure

Time frame: 1 year

Respiratory Rate

change in respiratory rate

Time frame: 1 year

Pulse Rate

change in pulse rate

Time frame: 1 year

Glasgow Coma Scale

change in Glasgow Coma Scale

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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