The Effect of the Hand Massage A Women Undergoing Brachytherapy

TC Erciyes University36 enrolled

Overview

Background Gynecologic cancers are among the ten most common cancers among women. During brachytherapy, women can have pain and situational anxiety due to the treatment. Methods This parallel-group randomized controlled study evaluated the effect of the hand massage practiced using baby oil, with lavender oil, on reducing operational pain and situational anxiety in women with brachytherapy. The study was completed with 36 patients. The treatment group included 18 patients, and the control group had 18. The data were collected through patient information form, visual analog scale, and state anxiety inventory. Before the brachytherapy, three sessions of hand massages, each lasting 10 minutes (5 minutes for each hand), were performed using baby oil with lavender. Data collection forms were repeated after each session. The control group received routine treatment. p\<0.05 was accepted as significant.

Therefore, the impact of hand massage applied with lavender baby oil on women with gynecologic cancer having brachytherapy for three sessions on the pain and state anxiety experienced during the intervention was evaluated in this study.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Hand Massage

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * verbal communication * to be at the age of 18 and above * to be diagnosed with gynecologic cancer and receive BT three days a week regularly * to be aware that she has a gynecologic cancer disease and to be a volunteer to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * the patients who had metastasis, bleeding or coagulation disorder * received complementary and integrated treatment * had edema or lesion on hand, had a psychiatric disease * had communication problems * did not want to have a massage * were under general anesthesia during the intervention

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Visual Analog Scale

VAS is a form including numbers and is used in rating pain. Patients mark their pain on a 10 cm ruler with painlessness 0 written on the left end and the most severe pain possible 10 on the right end. It is stated that VAS is more sensitive and dependable in pain severity measurement when compared to other one-dimensional scales

Time frame: The scale was filled in the baseline

Secondary Outcomes

State Anxiety Scale

The state anxiety scale is sensitive to the evaluation of suddenly changing emotive reactions; it is a Likert-type scale including 20 questions. The reversed items in the scale were 1st, 2nd, 5th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 15th, 16th, 19th, and 20th items. High scores indicate elevated levels of anxiety, and low scores low levels of anxiety. The total score from the scale ranges between 20 and 80.