Investigation of the Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercises on Pain and Bowel Movements in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare in health conditions. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does progressive relaxation exercises reduce pain in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy? Does progressive relaxation exercises increase bowel movements in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy?

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Pain, Postoperative
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: progressive relaxation exercise

Detailed Description

The purpose of our experimentally randomized controlled study, which researchers conducted in order to study the effect of progressive relaxation exercises on pain and bowel movements in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy, is to reduce pain by intermittent application of progressive relaxation exercises to patients after surgery and to study the effect of exercise on bowel movements at an early stage.

after the necessary permissions have been obtained july- september dates, Van Yüzüncü yıl university Dursun Odabaş medical center, in the general surgery clinic , patients who agree to participate in the study and meet the sample selection criteria will be included in the study. Patient presentation form, bowel movement monitoring form and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) Pain Form will be used in the collection of research data.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 80
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: şuheda zorer; Phone Number: 05427336700; Email: zorersuheda@gmail.com

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • VAN, Turkey, 65000
    • Recruiting
    • Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Dursun Odabaş Medical Center
    • Contact: Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Dursun Odabaş Tıp Merkezi; Phone Number: (0432) 215 04 70; Email: hastane@yyu.edu.tr

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Who experienced laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery as planned for the first time
• Who volunteered to participate in the research
• 18 years and over
• Whose mental state is healthy
• Without vision, hearing and speech problems
• Patients who know Turkish were included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Who have previously practiced progressive relaxation exercises
• Someone with communication problems
• Health problems that prevent the practice of progressive relaxation exercises (Epilepsy, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, fever, infection, etc. ) is
• Patients who were not willing to participate in the study were not included in the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: the group that performed relaxation exercises; patients' postoperative pain and bowel movements will be evaluated by applying relaxation exercise intermittently	Other: progressive relaxation exercise; applying progressive relaxation exercise to the experimental group after postoperative cholecystectomy and observing the experimental-control groups
No Intervention: the group that did not do relaxation exercises; patients' postoperative pain and bowel movements will be evaluated

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Visual Analog Scale (VAS) Pain Form	it is a scale with two ends named differently on the vertical or horizontal line with a length of 10 cm (0=no pain, 10=the most severe pain). Marking the point corresponding to the intensity of pain felt by the patient on this line	examination between 1-2 days until Decontamination from surgery
bowel movement monitoring form	It is the form in which the intestinal sounds, gas extraction and defecation sounds of the patients are monitored by the researcher.	examination between 1-2 days until Decontamination from surgery

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ataturk University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: şuheda zorer, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Dursun Odabaş Medical Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 30, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 12, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 23, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): August 1, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 16, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 13, 2024
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Postoperative Complications; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Pain, Postoperative
• Other Study ID Numbers: AtaturkU-SBF-SZ-01

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