The Effect of Cold Application on Pain Level, Edema and Drainage Amount in Patients With Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Study

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of cold application applied for 20 minutes every hour for 8 hours on the first day, second and third days after total hip arthroplasty with gel pads, on the pain level, edema and drainage amount of total hip arthroplasty patients. The main question\[s\]it aims to answer are: * Is there a difference between the pain levels of patients in the control and cold application arms? * Is there a difference between the knee edema of patients in the control and cold application arms? * Is there a difference between the amount of drainage of patients in the control and cold application arms? This study was planned as a prospective, parallel, two-arm (1:1) randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• 18 years and above,

• Able to communicate verbally and in writing,

• Turkish speaking,

• TKA applied for the first time,

• Unilateral total knee arthroplasty applied,

• Spinal anesthesia applied,

• Having a hemovac drainage catheter,

• Without peripheral vascular disease,

Locations
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Turkey
Karamanoğlu Mehmet bey Üniversitesi
RECRUITING
Merkez
Contact Information
Primary
fatma gök
fatmagok123@gmail.com
05544906142
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-01-15
Estimated Completion Date: 2024-04-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 78
Treatments
Experimental: experimental arm
A cold ice pack will be applied to the patient's knee for 20 minutes every hour for three days, starting after total knee arthroplasty.
No_intervention: control arm
Only unit-specific routine treatment and care interventions will be applied to the patients in the control arm by the team in the unit, and no intervention will be applied by the researcher.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Karaman Training and Research Hospital
Leads: Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University

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