An interventional study of Cold application in Local Application/Packing Too Cold, Patient Satisfaction and Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting, sponsored by Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-09.
Sponsored by Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
As a result of the literature review, it has been seen that it has not yet been clarified whether cold application methods are effective on postoperative nausea and vomiting, and academic studies on this subject are needed.
The aim of the planned study was to conduct a randomized controlled experimental study to evaluate the effect of the cold application method on nausea and vomiting and the need for antiemetic drugs in the early postoperative period.
The research hypotheses are as follows:
H1:Cold application method reduces nausea and vomiting in the early postoperative period.
H1:The cold application method reduces the need for antiemetic drugs in the early postoperative period.
H1:Cold application method in the early postoperative period increases patient satisfaction.
Condition or disease:
Postoperative nausea and vomiting,Postoperative antiemetic use status,Patient satisfaction,Effects of cold application method
Intervention/treatment:
There is an intervention group in which the cold application method is applied.
The aim of the planned study was to conduct a randomized controlled experimental study to evaluate the effect of the cold application method on nausea and vomiting and the need for antiemetic drugs in the early postoperative period.
The population of the study will consist of patients who are planned to undergo laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anesthesia in the Department of General Surgery, Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University Health Practice and Research Center between October 2022 and October 2024.Çalışmanın örneklemini laparoskopik kolesistektomi planlanan, dahil edilme kriterlerini karşılayan ve çalışmaya katılmaya gönüllü olan hastalar oluşturacaktır.
As a result of the GPower power analysis, it was calculated that at least 60 people (at least 30 people for each group) who met the inclusion criteria of the research should be taken in order to obtain 80% power at the 95% confidence interval for the d=0.8 effect size.
Data collecting:
The collection of research data will be carried out in three stages.
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This study's enrollment of 60 is below the median of 90 across 196 interventional studies indexed under Patient Satisfaction.
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Exclusion Criteria:
A cold application (with a cold gel pack) will be applied to the upper part of the neck for 5 minutes.
Other: Cold application
No application will be made and the presence of nausea, severity, vomiting and vital signs will be measured after 5 minutes.
A cold application (with a cold gel pack) will be applied to the upper part of the neck for 5 minutes.
Determining the mean scores of the experimental and control groups from the nausea numerical scale
Nausea Numerical Scale There are numbers from 0 to 10 on the scale.The scale is explained to the patients and asked to choose the number between 0 and 10 that best reflects their nausea. Zero usually indicates 'no nausea' while 10 represents 'unbearable nausea'. Evaluation will be made in the recovery room after the surgery, then at the 2nd and 6th hours.
Time frame: two year
Determination of patient satisfaction of the experimental and control groups
The patient satisfaction scale is used to evaluate patient satisfaction.It consists of numbers between "0" and "10" to determine the satisfaction level of the patients after the A value of zero indicates "no satisfaction" with the practice, while a value of ten indicates "a lot of satisfaction". Satisfaction scale will be evaluated at the 6th hour after the surgery.
Time frame: two year
Antiemetic use status of the groups
The patients' use of antiemetics after surgery will be questioned.
Time frame: two year
Plan to share: No
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