The Effect of Rocking Chair Movement on the Start of Bowel Functions in Patients With Gastrointestinal System Surgery

July 7, 2020 updated by: Yasemin Şara, Eskisehir Osmangazi University

The Effect of Rocking Chair Movement on the Start of Bowel Functions in Patients With Gastrointestinal System Surgery

The research will be carried out as a randomized controlled experimental study in patients with open gastrointestinal tract surgery in order to evaluate the effect of rocking chair movement to be given in addition to standard care in the initiation of postoperative bowel functions (post-operative first time gas, first time defecation).Ethics committee and institution permissions and written consents of individuals were obtained prior to the study.The universe of the study was composed of patients with open gastrointestinal surgery lying in the general surgery service of a hospital in Eskisehir. With the error margin of 0.05, 90% test power, 30 people in intervention and control groups, 60 patients in total will be included in the research.Appointment of patients to intervention and control groups was done by stratification and block randomization method according to gastric and intestinal surgery.The draw method was used to assign stratified patients to blind technique intervention and control groups in order to avoid side-holding, and an equal number (blocking) patients were assigned to each group. The individuals in the intervention group in the rocking chair three times a day, 20 minutes, a total of 60 minutes after the first day after surgery. The individuals in the control group will sit in a standard chair in the same time as the intervention group in the non-rocking chair. The data will be collected using the "Descriptive characteristics determination form", "Intervention Group Intestinal Functions Evaluation Form" and "Control Group Intestinal Functions Evaluation Form".

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Inclusion Criteria

  • Accepting to participate in the research
  • Being 18 or over
  • Having gastrointestinal surgery
  • No communication problems
  • No symptoms or disease (dizziness, Vertigo, Meniere.) That rocking chair movement will adversely affect the patient
  • With or without a stoma in the postoperative period;
  • Patients with ASA (American Society of Anesthesiology) classification I or II

Exclusion Criteria

  • Not agreeing to participate in the research
  • Being 18 or under
  • Being a communication problem
  • The symptoms or disease (dizziness, Vertigo, Meniere.) That the rocking chair movement will adversely affect the patient.
  • Having a history of ileus after surgery
  • Any complication after surgery
  • With inflammatory and irritable bowel disease
  • Using drugs that will affect intestinal motility before or after surgery.
  • Surgical intervention is laparoscopic
  • ASA classification is III, IV or V

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Odunpazarı
      • Eskişehir, Odunpazarı, Turkey, 26040
        • Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Ground Floor Meşelik Campus

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 80 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Agree to participate in the research
  • Being 18 or over
  • Having gastrointestinal surgery
  • No communication problems
  • No symptoms or disease (dizziness, Vertigo, Meniere.) That rocking chair movement will adversely affect the patient With or without a stoma in the postoperative period;
  • Patients with American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) classification I or II

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not agreeing to participate in the research
  • being 18 or under
  • Being a communication problem
  • The symptoms or disease (dizziness, Vertigo, Meniere.) That the rocking chair movement will adversely affect the patient.
  • Having a history of ileus after surgery
  • Any complication after surgery
  • With inflammatory and irritable bowel disease
  • Using drugs that will affect intestinal motility before or after surgery.
  • Surgical intervention is laparoscopic
  • ASA classification is III, IV or V

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: OTHER
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: intervention arm
The individuals in the intervention group in the rocking chair three times a day, 20 minutes, a total of 60 minutes after the first day after surgery.They did this intervention until they first defecation .
Patients in the experimental group were sat rocking chair three times a day in a rocking wooden chair in addition to their postoperative routine care by their nurses. After providing the rocking chair to the patients' room, the researcher gave the data collection form to be filled by the patient himself. It was the researcher's supervision that the patient sat in the rocking chair for the first time. The rocking chair movement continued to intervene until the patient released gas. After emitting gas, he continued to swing in the rocking chair until he made his first stools. The patient was visited every day until he was discharged. No special clothing or materials were required for the patients to sit in the rocking chair.
NO_INTERVENTION: Control arm
The individuals in the control group sat in a standard chair in the same time as the intervention group in the non-rocking chair.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
time to report of first flatus
Time Frame: Defined as the first time hear the bowel sound after surgery1-5 days
Defined as the first time flatus happens
Defined as the first time hear the bowel sound after surgery1-5 days
time to report of first defecation
Time Frame: End of surgery to the first defecation 1-7 days
Defined as the first time defecation happens.
End of surgery to the first defecation 1-7 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
length of postoperative hospitalization
Time Frame: End of surgery to hospital discharge 5-7 days
Defined as the length hospitalization after surgery
End of surgery to hospital discharge 5-7 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Study Director: Nedime Köşgeroğlu, Prof, T.C. İstanbul Rumeli University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

March 15, 2019

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

July 15, 2019

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

June 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 1, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 7, 2020

First Posted (ACTUAL)

July 10, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

July 10, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 7, 2020

Last Verified

July 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

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

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