Management of Thirst, Nursing Care, Postoperative Care

The Effect of Oral Water and Ice Popsicle on Management of Thirst in the Immediate Postoperative Period.

The study was conducted to determine the effect of oral water and ice popsicle on management of thirst in the immediate postoperative period as experimental.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Postoperative Care; Nursing Caries
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: WATER; Other: ICE APPLICATION

Detailed Description

Also, it is aimed to evaluate validity and reliability of "Safety Protocol for Management Thirst in the Immediate Postoperative Period Protocol" which is used to take oral water and ice of patients in the immediate postoperative period, as administrative. The study was conducted with 150 patients who are transferred to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) after their operation and met study criteria. Patients divided into three groups as the study (water group=50, ice group=50) and control (n=50). Patients in the study group were performed oral water/ice popsicle after their accession to PACU. However, the control group patients have performed rutin treatment and care without any other intervention. Physiologic variables and symptoms with thirst were followed in every three group patients at certain times. Data were evaluated by using NCSS (Number Cruncher Statistical System) 2007 program.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 150
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Kavacık, Turkey
    • İstanbul Medipol University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years to 61 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. have a surgical operation other than gastrointestinal system surgery,
2. Surgical fasting duration is at least 8 hours,
3. According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification; Class I, II and III;
4. Having the ability to express the thirst status verbally and experiencing moderate or severe thirst when the thirst status is evaluated by VAS,
5. The duration of anesthesia is longer than 1 hour and accepted into the PACU after surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. have a second surgical intervention during hospitalization,
2. The need of intensive care after surgery,
3. Having problems in the process of separation from respiratory support after surgical intervention,
4. A change in the state of consciousness after surgical intervention / acute confusion,
5. Liquid electrolyte imbalance,
6. Patients with difficulty in swallowing or restriction of oral fluid intake,

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: patients in the water group; water group: Patients in the water group were performed oral water after their accession to PACU.	Other: WATER; ORAL WATER
Experimental: patients in the ice group; ice group, Patients in the ice group were performed oral ice popsicle after their accession to PACU.	Other: ICE APPLICATION; ICE APPLICATION
No Intervention: no intervention group; control group, the control group patients have performed rutin treatment and care without any other intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
THIRSTY SCALE	Thirsty and symptoms of thırsty evaluated via vısual analog scale which containing numbers from zero to ten (0-10), "0" is the minumun point, "10" is the maximum point, higher values represent a better situation.	first 30 minutes after the surgery

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The blood pressure measurements in the first 30 minutes after surgery	Blood pressure was obtained from the monitor data of patients who were monitored postoperatively. Blood pressure was measured as "mmHg".	first 30 minutes after surgery
The heart rate measurements in the first 30 minutes after surgery	Heart rate was obtained from the monitor data of patients who were monitored postoperatively. heart rate refers to the number of beats per minute.	first 30 minutes after surgery
The respiratory rate measurements in the first 30 minutes after surgery	The respiratory rate was obtained from the monitor data of the patients who were monitored postoperatively. respiration rate is the sum of inspiration and expiration per minute.	first 30 minutes after surgery
The body temperature measurements in the first 30 minutes after surgery	Body temperature was obtained from the monitor data of patients who were monitored postoperatively. body temperature was recorded with the degree system in degrees Celsius.	first 30 minutes after surgery

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
• Investigators: Study Director: seher deniz öztekin, Prof.Dr., thesis advisor

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 24, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 13, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): July 13, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 23, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 26, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): August 28, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 28, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 26, 2019
• Last Verified: August 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Thirst; Ice; Water; Perioperative nursing; Postanesthesia care
• Other Study ID Numbers: 55323

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No