The Effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation on Abdominal Pain and Distension in Colonoscopy Patients.

Mardin Artuklu University90 enrolled

Overview

Patients undergoing colonoscopy were divided into progressive relaxation exercises and control groups. Pretest and posttest abdominal pain and distention scores of the patients were determined after colonoscopy.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Abdominal Pain

Interventions

Progressive Muscle RelaxationBEHAVIORAL

PMR is a technique that provides relaxation in the whole body by voluntary and regular relaxation of large muscle groups in the human body, which is included in mind-body applications.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing colonoscopy * Those who do not have communication problems, * After the colonoscopy procedure, the abdominal pain score is evaluated by VAS and is 4 or higher, * Evaluation of the distension score of 4 and above with VAS after the colonoscopy procedure, * Be 18 years old or older. Exclusion Criteria: * Being a hospitalized patient undergoing colonoscopy, * Be younger than 18 years old * To have used complementary and alternative methods during the research, * Any physical problem that may prevent you from doing the exercises, * Having a cognitive illness * Refusing to participate in the research, * Failing to complete surveys.

Locations (1)

Mardin State Hospital

Mardin, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Individual Introductory Information Form

This form, which was created by the researcher with the support of the relevant literature, consists of 11 questions questioning the patients' education level, age,gender, employment status, marital status,income level, the coping methods they use when there is distension in their daily lives, the coping methods they use when there is pain in their daily lives, the status of having a colonoscopy before, the history of abdominal pain and distension of those who have a colonoscopy experience.

Time frame: 15 minutes

Secondary Outcomes

Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

The patient was asked to make a mark on a 10 cm horizontal line on the Visual analog scale showing his current state. In this study, for pain and distension; Markings were made on a 10 cm horizontal line, one end of which indicates that the patient's pain is very good (0 = no pain) and the other end is that the patient's pain is very bad (10 = most severe). The distance from the point where there was no pain and distension (0) to the point marked by the patient was measured. The value found shows the severity of pain and distention of the patient.

Time frame: 10 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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