TENS to Alleviate the Effect of Thirty After Surgery Xerostomia (Dry Mouth) After Surgery

TENS to Alleviate the Effect of Xerostomia (Dry Mouth) After Surgery

Dry mouth of postoperative makes the patient feel thirst, and the pain of the lips is cracked. It will also make the sputum thick and sticky, making it difficult for the patient to cough by himself. Especially the elderly may have sputum accumulation and pneumonia. Dry mouth can easily change the pH value in the mouth, destroy the environment in the mouth, and increase the chance of oral mucosal lesions, ulcers and infections. The physical discomfort can lead to psychological effects such as anxiety, irritability, and irritability. The incidence of dry mouth was 88%, 6-8 hours after abdominal surgery. Although the incidence is high, compared with other complications after surgery (such as: pain, bleeding, etc.), dry mouth after surgery is less important, and is underestimated, unmeasured, unrecorded and untreated. Initiating the motivation of this study, it is hoped that through research to understand the relevant factors causing dry mouth after surgery, and using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) to improve the symptoms of dry mouth after surgery. The first phase is to describe the relevant studies with the aim of understanding the relevant factors that contribute to dry mouth after surgery. This study will understand and pay attention to the post-operative dry mouth. It is hoped that through this study, the problem of dry mouth after surgery will be improved, and the comfort of the recovery period after surgery will be improved, so that patients can get better care and promote the quality of care.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Postoperative Complications
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: routine care; Device: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

Detailed Description

Introduction A postoperative thirst is one of the major complaints in the recovery room. The purpose of this experimental study was to compare the efficiency of reducing postoperative thirst by transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and routine care.

Methods Surgical patients under general anesthesia were recruited from a medical center. Each patient was randomly assigned to the experimental group (TENS) or control group (routine care). Experimental group had 53 patients and control group had 52 patients fitted in the inclusion and exclusion criteria and completed data collection. The intensity of thirst was measured pretreatment, immediately after treatment and 30 minutes after treatment. All data were managed by SPSS for Windows (version 21.0). Descriptive and inferential statistics (Chi-square test, t-test, generalized estimating equation regression analysis) were performed to identify the relationships that were proposed.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 105
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Fuxing St., Guishan Dist
    • Taoyuan, Fuxing St., Guishan Dist, Taiwan, 333
      • Hsiu-Ling Yang

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Anesthesiology (ASA) physical status I-ΙII, elective abdominal surgery, >20 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnancy, epilepsy, unconscious

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: DOUBLE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: TENS to alleviate the effect of thirsty after surgery; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on experimental group 20 mins to treatment postoperative thirsty.	Device: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS); Surgical patients under general anesthesia were recruited from a medical center. Each patient was randomly assigned to the experimental group (TENS) or control group (routine care).
PLACEBO_COMPARATOR: Routine care to alleviate the effect of xerostomia (dry mouth) after surgery; routine care	Other: routine care; routine care

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The intModified Schirmer tear strip Test measured intensity of thirst	Change from Baseline intensity of thirst was measured pre-treatment, immediately after treatment and 30 minutes after treatment.	up to 30 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): February 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): September 30, 2020
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): September 30, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 19, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 21, 2021
• First Posted (ACTUAL): May 24, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): May 24, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 21, 2021
• Last Verified: May 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: postoperative thirty, postoperative recovery room, complain
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Stomatognathic Diseases; Mouth Diseases; Salivary Gland Diseases; Postoperative Complications; Xerostomia
• Other Study ID Numbers: 201901244A3C501

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