HAND MASSAGE AFTER ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME

February 27, 2025 updated by: Özlem Ceyhan, TC Erciyes University

EFFECT of HAND MASSAGE on PATIENTS AFTER ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME on the COMFORT and ANXIETY LEVEL

Patients suffering from Acute coronary syndrome may be hospitalized again in a shorter time than expected, and after being discharged, they may live within the limitations imposed by the disease until the end of their lives. This situation causes anxiety in individuals. Today, various methods are used to reduce high levels of anxiety. Massage is the planned and purposeful application of touch and is the most common, most important and oldest complementary treatment used in traditional practices. It is also thought that the comfort levels of individuals experiencing ACS will increase by reducing their anxiety. This study was planned to determine the effect of hand massage applied to patients with ACS on comfort, anxiety level and vital signs.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

120

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

  • Turkey
      • Kayseri, Turkey
        • Erciyes University Hospital

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients experiencing Acute Coronary Syndrome for the first time,
  • Anxiety score of 16 and above (moderate and severe anxiety)
  • 18 years and above,
  • No psychiatric disease,
  • Patients who do not have communication problems and are competent to answer all questions,

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with uncontrolled Diabetes mellitus
  • Patients who cannot communicate and have confusion,
  • Those who have any limb, vascular problem or wound that prevents hand massage,
  • Thrombophlebitis, occlusive arterial disease, fever etc. Those for whom massage therapy is inconvenient due to illness,

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: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control group
Experimental: intervention group
Other: hand massage group
Each individual will receive a 10-minute hand massage, 5 minutes for each hand. Since the speed and number of repetitions of the massage movements should be at normal frequency, the massage will be performed at a speed that does not disturb the individual, is not stimulating and has a calming effect, and will not tire the practitioner. In the massage, effleurage (stroking) and friction (circular rubbing) movements will be used, which have a circulation-supporting and tissue-relaxing effect. Evaluations will be made within 30 minutes after the hand massage.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Beck Anxiety Scale
Time Frame: It will be applied on the 4th day at the end of the application.
It is a self-rating scale used to determine the frequency of anxiety symptoms experienced by individuals.
It will be applied on the 4th day at the end of the application.
Beck Anxiety Scale
Time Frame: It will be done before the massage application, 24 hours after arrival in the intensive care unit.
It is a self-rating scale used to determine the frequency of anxiety symptoms experienced by individuals.
It will be done before the massage application, 24 hours after arrival in the intensive care unit.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
General Comfort Scale
Time Frame: It will be applied on the 4th day at the end of the application.
It is used to determine the comfort level of patients.
It will be applied on the 4th day at the end of the application.
General Comfort Scale
Time Frame: It will be done before the massage application, 24 hours after arrival in the intensive care unit.
It is used to determine the comfort level of patients.
It will be done before the massage application, 24 hours after arrival in the intensive care unit.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

TC Erciyes University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

November 30, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 5, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 5, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

October 11, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 27, 2025

Last Verified

October 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • AKSHAND

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

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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