U.S., May 1 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06950580) titled 'Effect of Abdominal Massage on Patients in Intensive Care Unit' on April 09.
Brief Summary: Bowel motility can be affected by many factors such as immobilization, lack of fiber in the nutritional formula, inadequate fluid intake, and lack of privacy for toileting in patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit. Abdominal massage, which is one of the effective methods to increase intestinal motility, is accepted as an intervention that can be safely applied in patients.
The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of abdominal massage applied to patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit on sepsis, survival, discharge ...