The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of self-foot massage on peripheral neuropathic pain, peripheral skin temperature and patient comfort in individuals with diabetes.
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is the most important metabolic disease that can affect almost every organ system in the body. Although diabetes causes many macrovascular and microvascular complications, one of the rare microvascular complications is peripheral neuropathy. One of the common complementary and integrative applications in the management of diabetic peripheral neuropathy is foot massage. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of self-foot massage on peripheral neuropathic pain, peripheral skin temperature and patient comfort in individuals with diabetes. Individuals participating in the study will be divided into intervention and control groups. The individuals in the foot massage group will be given foot massage training by the researcher. Later, people with diabetes will be enabled to continue self-massage at home. To encourage the continuation of the intervention, the researcher will be called once a week by phone and her questions will be answered. There will be no additional application other than routine to the control group, data collection forms will be applied and recorded at the beginning of the study and at the end of four weeks. In the collection of data, "Individual Description Form, Visuel Analog Scale- (VAS), DN4 Pain Questionnaire and General Comfort Questionnaire- Short form" will be used. In addition, peripheral skin temperature will be measured with a skin thermometer.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
56
The individuals in the foot massage group will be given foot massage training by the researcher. Later, people with diabetes will be enabled to continue self-massage at home. To encourage the continuation of the intervention, the researcher will be called once a week by phone and her questions will be answered. At the end of the four weeks, the patient will be interviewed again and data collection forms will be filled.
Aksaray University
Aksaray, Turkey (Türkiye)
Visuel Analog Scale- (VAS)
The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), which is used for the assessment of pain, is used to convert some values that cannot be measured numerically into numerical ones.
Time frame: 1 months
DN4 Pain Questionnaire
The DN4 pain questionnaire is a questionnaire that includes symptoms and signs associated with neuropathic pain.
Time frame: 1 months
General Comfort Questionnaire- Short form
It is used to determine the comfort level of patients.
Time frame: 1 months
Peripheral skin temperature will be measured with a skin thermometer
The skin temperature in the middle of the plantar surfaces of both feet is measured using the handheld digital skin thermometer.
Time frame: 1 months
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