The Effect of Footbath on Pain Severity and Sleep Quality Levels of Patients With Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease

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

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the effect of hot water foot bath on the patients' pain severity and sleep quality levels on the night of the lumbar degenerative disc surgery. The main hypotheses are: * H1=Pain severity of the patients who applied footbath is lower than the patients who did not. * H2=The sleep quality of the patients who applied footbath is higher than the patients who did not. Participants will be asked to keep their feet in 42oC hot water for 20 minutes on the night of the day of surgery. If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare control group to see if there is any difference on the pain severity and sleep quality of the patients.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 80
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• 18 years old and over

• Undergoing elective surgery

• Surgery planned for lumbar degenerative disc disease

• No known sleep problems and no sleeping pills

• Patients admitted to the ward at least 1 day before the operation

• Those who will spend the night of the day after the operation in the service

• Verbal communicative

• Those who want to take a foot bath in 42oC water

Locations
Other Locations
Turkey
Seher Ünver
Edirne
Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital
Istanbul
Time Frame
Start Date: 2021-10-05
Completion Date: 2022-11-11
Participants
Target number of participants: 60
Treatments
Experimental: Intervention Group
Participants in this study group will be asked to keep their feet in 42oC (42 Degrees Celsius) hot water for 20 minutes on the night of the day of surgery.
No_intervention: Control Group
Participants in this study group will take the standard service clinical procedure and hot water foot bath will not be applied.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Trakya University

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