• Complement Ther Clin Pract · May 2020

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Effect of hand massage on pain and anxiety in patients after liver transplantation: A randomised controlled trial.

    • Bilsev Demir and Serdar Saritas.
    • Vocational School of Health Sciences, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey. Electronic address: bilsevarac@gmail.com.
    • Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2020 May 1; 39: 101152.

    ObjectivesThis study aimed to determine the effects of hand massage on postoperative pain, and anxiety levels in liver transplant patients.MethodsThis study was a randomised clinical trial. The study sample comprised 80 adult patients who had liver transplantation: 40 experimental and 40 control group. In the experimental group, the researcher performed hand massage. No treatment was performed in the control group. To analyse the data, descriptive statistics, a chi-squared test, a t-test for dependent groups, and a t-test for independent groups were used.ResultsAccording to hand massage follow-ups after liver transplantation, the mean scores of pain intensity and anxiety levels was lower, with a statistical significance in the experimental group compared with the control group in all measurements before and after hand massage (p < 0.001).ConclusionsThe hand massage applied to liver transplant patients positively affected and decreased the severity of pain, and anxiety levels.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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