Gastrointestinal ComplicationNCT07125482
Effect of Abdominal Massage and Bed Exercise on Palliative Care Patients
A study testing bed exercise group and abdominal massage in people with Gastrointestinal Complication and Palliative Care, Patient Care, run by Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
Palliative care is a special type of medical care that focuses on providing support and improving the quality of life for individuals facing life-threatening illnesses. Nursing care for patients receiving enteral nutrition includes interventions that facilitate nutrition, increase patient comfort, and reduce… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 95 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Gastrointestinal Complication, Palliative Care, Patient Care
- What is being tested?
- bed exercise group and abdominal massage
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 105 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 1 Mar 2025to 20 Aug 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 95 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Being over 18 years of age,
- Patients receiving inpatient treatment and care in the palliative care unit,
- Patients who started enteral feeding at least 24 hours ago
- Patients without wounds in the extremity and abdominal region
- Patients without intestinal obstruction
- Patients who have not received abdominal radiotherapy and have not undergone abdominal surgery in the last six weeks
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- Patients with a Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) >3
- Patients who have no restrictions on abdominal massage
- Patients whose consent has been obtained from their relatives will be included.
Who cannot join
- Patients whose enteral feeding was stopped during the study
- Patients who showed signs of infection due to Ventilator-associated Pneumonia or other infections during or before the study will not be included.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Turkey (Türkiye)1 site
Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam Unıversity
Kahramanmaraş, Kahramanmaraş, 46000
About this study
Official title: Abdominal Massage Group Bed Exercise Group Control Group
Palliative care is a special type of medical care that focuses on providing support and improving the quality of life for individuals facing life-threatening illnesses. Nursing care for patients receiving enteral nutrition includes interventions that facilitate nutrition, increase patient comfort, and reduce complications. This study will be conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study to evaluate the effects of abdominal massage and in-bed exercise on gastrointestinal complications and patient comfort in palliative care patients.
Read the detailed description
Abdominal Massage Group Application Steps
- In this group, patients will receive abdominal massage by the researcher in addition to routine care, with privacy provided.
- Abdominal massage will be applied to the patient by the researcher every morning between 07-08 and 19-20 for 3 days before enteral feeding, and measurements will be recorded 24 hours after the application at 07-08 in the morning. The timing and frequency of massage application were decided according to studies in the literature and expert opinions.
- Before abdominal massage, the patient will be placed in a supine position and will remain in the same position throughout the procedure.
- For abdominal massage, superficial effleurage, deep effleurage, petrissage, vibration, and superficial effleurage maneuvers will be applied to the patient for approximately 15 minutes, respectively.
- After the application, the patient will be placed in a semi-fawler position. In-bed Exercise Group Application Steps In-bed exercise application will be applied to the patient by the researcher every morning between 07-08 for 3 days before enteral feeding and measurements will be recorded 24 hours after the application.
Before the in-bed exercise application, the patient will be placed in a supine position and will be kept in the same position throughout the procedure.
For the in-bed exercise application to the patient; opening and closing the wrist and fingers inwards and outwards, opening and closing the elbow and arm, turning the arm right and left at the level of the head, ankle up and down and right and left, bending and releasing the hip and knee, opening and closing the leg sideways, pushing and pulling the hip and knee 90 ͦ, and leg movements in the up and down direction will be applied for approximately 15 minutes.
After the application, the patient will be placed in the semi-fawler position. Control Group Application Steps
- Standard nursing care will be applied to the patient. Abdominal massage group
- In the first interview, between 07-08 in the morning, abdominal massage and demographic data before feeding and other information about the patients will be filled in by the researcher from the patient record file, "Patient Information Form" and "Comfort Behavior Checklist, Wong-Baker Face Pain Scale", 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form' before the intervention and feeding (1st Interview).
- In the first interview, between 07-08 in the morning, abdominal massage will be applied to the patient by the researcher for approximately 15 minutes before feeding (1st Interview).
- In the second interview, between 07-08 in the morning, abdominal massage and 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form' will be filled in before feeding and abdominal massage will be repeated for approximately 15 minutes (2nd Interview).
- In the third interview, between 07-08 in the morning, abdominal massage and 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form' will be filled in before feeding and abdominal massage will be repeated for approximately 15 minutes (3rd Interview).
- In the fourth interview, between 07-08 in the morning, data will be collected with the "Comfort Behavior Checklist", "Wong-Baker Facial Pain Scale" and 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' before feeding (4th Interview).
In-bed exercise group
- In the first interview, between 07-08 in the morning, demographic data and other information about the patients will be collected from the patient record file before starting the in-bed exercise and feeding, and the "Patient Information Form" and "Comfort Behavior Checklist, Wong-Baker Facial Pain Scale", 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be filled out by the researcher before the intervention and feeding (1st Interview).
- In the first interview, between 07-08 in the morning, in-bed exercises will be applied by the researcher for approximately 15 minutes before feeding (1st Interview).
- In the second interview, between 07-08 in the morning, the 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be filled out before the in-bed exercise and feeding and the in-bed exercises will be repeated for approximately 15 minutes (2nd Interview).
- In the third interview, between 07-08 in the morning, the 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be filled in before bed exercise and feeding, and the in-bed exercises will be repeated for approximately 15 minutes (3rd Interview).
- In the fourth interview, between 07-08 in the morning, the Comfort Behavior Checklist, Wong-Baker Facial Pain Scale and 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be collected before feeding (4th Interview).
Control group
- In the first interview, between 07-08 in the morning, demographic data and other information about the patients will be collected from the patient record file by the researcher before feeding, the "Patient Information Form" and the "Comfort Behavior Checklist, Wong-Baker Facial Pain Scale", 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be filled in before the intervention and feeding (1st Interview).
- In the second interview, between 07-08 in the morning, the 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be filled in before feeding (2nd Interview).
- In the third meeting, between 07-08 am, the 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be filled out before feeding (3rd Meeting). - In the fourth meeting, between 07-08 am, data will be collected with the "Comfort Behavior Checklist", Wong-Baker Facial Pain Scale and 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' before feeding (4th Meeting).
- Being tested
- bed exercise group, abdominal massage, control group
- Keywords
- palliative care, comfort, gastrointestinal complication
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
bed exercise groupOther
In the first interview, demographic data and other patient information will be collected from the patient record file between 07-08 in the morning before starting bed exercise and nutrition, and the "Patient Information Form" and "Comfort Behavior Checklist, Wong-Baker Face Pain Scale", 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be filled in by the researcher before the intervention and nutrition (1st Interview).
- In the first interview, bed exercises will be applied by the researcher for approximately 15 minutes before nutrition between 07-08 in the morning (1st Interview).
- In the second interview, bed exercises will be repeated for approximately 15 minutes after filling out the 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' before bed exercise and nutrition between 07-08 in the morning (2nd Interview).
- In the third interview, bed exercises will be repeated for approximately 15 minutes after filling out the 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' before bed exercise and nutrition between 07-08 in
abdominal massageOther
- In the first interview, between 07-08 in the morning, demographic data and other information about the patients will be collected from the patient record file before the intervention and feeding by the researcher using the "Patient Information Form" and "Comfort Behavior Checklist, Wong-Baker Facial Pain Scale", 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form' (Interview 1).
- In the first interview, between 07-08 in the morning, abdominal massage will be applied to the patient by the researcher for approximately 15 minutes before feeding (Interview 1).
- In the second interview, between 07-08 in the morning, abdominal massage will be repeated for approximately 15 minutes by filling out the 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form' before feeding and abdominal massage will be repeated (Interview 2).
- In the third interview, between 07-08 in the morning, the 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be filled out before abdominal massage and feeding, and the abdominal massage will be repeated for approxim
control groupOther
In the first interview, between 07-08 am, demographic data and other patient information will be collected from the patient record file before feeding, using the "Patient Information Form" and the "Comfort Behavior Checklist, Wong-Baker Facial Pain Scale", 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form', before the intervention and feeding (Interview 1).
- In the second interview, between 07-08 am, the 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form' will be filled out before feeding (Interview 2).
- In the third interview, between 07-08 am, the 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form' will be filled out before feeding (Interview 3).
- In the fourth interview, between 07-08 in the morning, data will be collected with the "Comfort Behavior Checklist", Wong-Baker Facial Pain Scale and 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form' before feeding (Interview 4).
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| control group | Experimental | - Standard nursing care will be applied to the patient. Receives: Other: control group |
| abdominal massage group | Experimental | * In this group, patients will receive abdominal massage by the researcher, in addition to routine care, with privacy.
* Abdominal massage will be applied to the patient by the researcher every morning between 07-08 and 19-20 for 3 days before enteral feeding, and measurements will be recorded 24 hours after the application at 07-08 in the morning. The timing and frequency of massage application were decided according to studies in the literature and expert opinions (Uysal et al., 2012; Wang et al., 2022; Zhang et al., 2023).
* Before abdominal massage, the patient will be placed in a supine position and will remain in the same position throughout the procedure.
* For abdominal massage, superficial effleurage, deep effleurage, petrissage, vibration and superficial effleurage maneuvers will be applied to the patient for approximately 15 minutes, respectively.
* After the application, the patient will be placed in a semi-fawler position Receives: Other: abdominal massage |
| bed exercise group | Experimental | The in-bed exercise application will be applied to the patient by the researcher every morning between 07-08 for 3 days before enteral feeding and the measurements will be recorded 24 hours after the application.
The patient will be placed in a supine position before the in-bed exercise application and will be kept in the same position throughout the procedure.
For the in-bed exercise application, the following will be applied to the patient, in order; opening and closing the wrist and fingers inwards and outwards, opening and closing the elbow and arm, turning the arm right and left at the level of the head, ankle up and down and right and left, bending and releasing the hip and knee, opening and closing the leg sideways, pushing and pulling the hip and knee 90°, and leg up and down movements will be applied for approximately 15 minutes.
After the application, the patient will be placed in the semi-fawler position. Receives: Other: bed exercise group |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
The effect of abdominal massage on gastrointestinal complications
Abdominal massage was repeated for 3 days, and , diarrhea status and number, constipation status, vomiting status and number, nausea status, abdominal distension, and defecation number measurement were recorded before each abdominal massage.
Measured: 96 hours
Secondary outcomes (1)
Effects of in-bed exercise on gastrointestinal complications
Effects of in-bed exercise was repeated for 3 days, and, diarrhea status and number, constipation status, vomiting status and number, nausea status, abdominal distension, and defecation number measurement were recorded before each in bed exercise.
Measured: 96 hours
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted15 Aug 2025
- Study start1 Mar 2025
- Primary completion25 May 2025
- Study completion20 Aug 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Gastrointestinal ComplicationStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 105 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, SERAP GÜNGÖR ÜNAL, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07125482
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- Abdominal massage
- Status last verified
- Jun 2026
- First submitted
- 25 May 2025
- Last updated
- 23 Jun 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Publications
Gungor Unal S, Dusak I, Akcoban S. The Effect of Abdominal Massage and In-Bed Exercise on Gastrointestinal Complications, Pain and Comfort in Palliative Care Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial. Scand J Caring Sci. 2026 Jun;40(2):e70234. doi: 10.1111/scs.70234.
PubMed 41891325
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 23 Jun 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Abdominal Massage Group Bed Exercise Group Control Group
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07125482
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Abdominal massage
- Keywords
- palliative care, comfort, gastrointestinal complication
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 105 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Mar 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 25 May 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 20 Aug 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 15 Aug 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Palliative care is a special type of medical care that focuses on providing support and improving the quality of life for individuals facing life-threatening illnesses. Nursing care for patients receiving enteral nutrition includes interventions that facilitate nutrition, increase patient comfort, and reduce complications. This study will be conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study to evaluate the effects of abdominal massage and in-bed exercise on gastrointestinal complications and patient comfort in palliative care patients.
Detailed description
Abdominal Massage Group Application Steps
- In this group, patients will receive abdominal massage by the researcher in addition to routine care, with privacy provided.
- Abdominal massage will be applied to the patient by the researcher every morning between 07-08 and 19-20 for 3 days before enteral feeding, and measurements will be recorded 24 hours after the application at 07-08 in the morning. The timing and frequency of massage application were decided according to studies in the literature and expert opinions.
- Before abdominal massage, the patient will be placed in a supine position and will remain in the same position throughout the procedure.
- For abdominal massage, superficial effleurage, deep effleurage, petrissage, vibration, and superficial effleurage maneuvers will be applied to the patient for approximately 15 minutes, respectively.
- After the application, the patient will be placed in a semi-fawler position. In-bed Exercise Group Application Steps In-bed exercise application will be applied to the patient by the researcher every morning between 07-08 for 3 days before enteral feeding and measurements will be recorded 24 hours after the application.
Before the in-bed exercise application, the patient will be placed in a supine position and will be kept in the same position throughout the procedure.
For the in-bed exercise application to the patient; opening and closing the wrist and fingers inwards and outwards, opening and closing the elbow and arm, turning the arm right and left at the level of the head, ankle up and down and right and left, bending and releasing the hip and knee, opening and closing the leg sideways, pushing and pulling the hip and knee 90 ͦ, and leg movements in the up and down direction will be applied for approximately 15 minutes.
After the application, the patient will be placed in the semi-fawler position. Control Group Application Steps
- Standard nursing care will be applied to the patient. Abdominal massage group
- In the first interview, between 07-08 in the morning, abdominal massage and demographic data before feeding and other information about the patients will be filled in by the researcher from the patient record file, "Patient Information Form" and "Comfort Behavior Checklist, Wong-Baker Face Pain Scale", 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form' before the intervention and feeding (1st Interview).
- In the first interview, between 07-08 in the morning, abdominal massage will be applied to the patient by the researcher for approximately 15 minutes before feeding (1st Interview).
- In the second interview, between 07-08 in the morning, abdominal massage and 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form' will be filled in before feeding and abdominal massage will be repeated for approximately 15 minutes (2nd Interview).
- In the third interview, between 07-08 in the morning, abdominal massage and 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form' will be filled in before feeding and abdominal massage will be repeated for approximately 15 minutes (3rd Interview).
- In the fourth interview, between 07-08 in the morning, data will be collected with the "Comfort Behavior Checklist", "Wong-Baker Facial Pain Scale" and 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' before feeding (4th Interview).
In-bed exercise group
- In the first interview, between 07-08 in the morning, demographic data and other information about the patients will be collected from the patient record file before starting the in-bed exercise and feeding, and the "Patient Information Form" and "Comfort Behavior Checklist, Wong-Baker Facial Pain Scale", 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be filled out by the researcher before the intervention and feeding (1st Interview).
- In the first interview, between 07-08 in the morning, in-bed exercises will be applied by the researcher for approximately 15 minutes before feeding (1st Interview).
- In the second interview, between 07-08 in the morning, the 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be filled out before the in-bed exercise and feeding and the in-bed exercises will be repeated for approximately 15 minutes (2nd Interview).
- In the third interview, between 07-08 in the morning, the 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be filled in before bed exercise and feeding, and the in-bed exercises will be repeated for approximately 15 minutes (3rd Interview).
- In the fourth interview, between 07-08 in the morning, the Comfort Behavior Checklist, Wong-Baker Facial Pain Scale and 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be collected before feeding (4th Interview).
Control group
- In the first interview, between 07-08 in the morning, demographic data and other information about the patients will be collected from the patient record file by the researcher before feeding, the "Patient Information Form" and the "Comfort Behavior Checklist, Wong-Baker Facial Pain Scale", 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be filled in before the intervention and feeding (1st Interview).
- In the second interview, between 07-08 in the morning, the 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be filled in before feeding (2nd Interview).
- In the third meeting, between 07-08 am, the 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be filled out before feeding (3rd Meeting). - In the fourth meeting, between 07-08 am, data will be collected with the "Comfort Behavior Checklist", Wong-Baker Facial Pain Scale and 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' before feeding (4th Meeting).
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 3
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| control group | Experimental | Other: control group- Standard nursing care will be applied to the patient. |
| abdominal massage group | Experimental | Other: abdominal massage* In this group, patients will receive abdominal massage by the researcher, in addition to routine care, with privacy. * Abdominal massage will be applied to the patient by the researcher every morning between 07-08 and 19-20 for 3 days before enteral feeding, and measurements will be recorded 24 hours after the application at 07-08 in the morning. The timing and frequency of massage application were decided according to studies in the literature and expert opinions (Uysal et al., 2012; Wang et al., 2022; Zhang et al., 2023). * Before abdominal massage, the patient will be placed in a supine position and will remain in the same position throughout the procedure. * For abdominal massage, superficial effleurage, deep effleurage, petrissage, vibration and superficial effleurage maneuvers will be applied to the patient for approximately 15 minutes, respectively. * After the application, the patient will be placed in a semi-fawler position |
| bed exercise group | Experimental | Other: bed exercise groupThe in-bed exercise application will be applied to the patient by the researcher every morning between 07-08 for 3 days before enteral feeding and the measurements will be recorded 24 hours after the application. The patient will be placed in a supine position before the in-bed exercise application and will be kept in the same position throughout the procedure. For the in-bed exercise application, the following will be applied to the patient, in order; opening and closing the wrist and fingers inwards and outwards, opening and closing the elbow and arm, turning the arm right and left at the level of the head, ankle up and down and right and left, bending and releasing the hip and knee, opening and closing the leg sideways, pushing and pulling the hip and knee 90°, and leg up and down movements will be applied for approximately 15 minutes. After the application, the patient will be placed in the semi-fawler position. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 95 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (9 listed)
- Being over 18 years of age,
- Patients receiving inpatient treatment and care in the palliative care unit,
- Patients who started enteral feeding at least 24 hours ago
- Patients without wounds in the extremity and abdominal region
- Patients without intestinal obstruction
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Patients whose enteral feeding was stopped during the study
- Patients who showed signs of infection due to Ventilator-associated Pneumonia or other infections during or before the study will not be included.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| bed exercise groupIn the first interview, demographic data and other patient information will be collected from the patient record file between 07-08 in the morning before starting bed exercise and nutrition, and the "Patient Information Form" and "Comfort Behavior Checklist, Wong-Baker Face Pain Scale", 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be filled in by the researcher before the intervention and nutrition (1st Interview). * In the first interview, bed exercises will be applied by the researcher for approximately 15 minutes before nutrition between 07-08 in the morning (1st Interview). * In the second interview, bed exercises will be repeated for approximately 15 minutes after filling out the 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' before bed exercise and nutrition between 07-08 in the morning (2nd Interview). * In the third interview, bed exercises will be repeated for approximately 15 minutes after filling out the 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' before bed exercise and nutrition between 07-08 in | Other | bed exercise group |
| abdominal massage* In the first interview, between 07-08 in the morning, demographic data and other information about the patients will be collected from the patient record file before the intervention and feeding by the researcher using the "Patient Information Form" and "Comfort Behavior Checklist, Wong-Baker Facial Pain Scale", 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form' (Interview 1). * In the first interview, between 07-08 in the morning, abdominal massage will be applied to the patient by the researcher for approximately 15 minutes before feeding (Interview 1). * In the second interview, between 07-08 in the morning, abdominal massage will be repeated for approximately 15 minutes by filling out the 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form' before feeding and abdominal massage will be repeated (Interview 2). * In the third interview, between 07-08 in the morning, the 'Enteral Nutrition Monitoring Form' will be filled out before abdominal massage and feeding, and the abdominal massage will be repeated for approxim | Other | abdominal massage group |
| control groupIn the first interview, between 07-08 am, demographic data and other patient information will be collected from the patient record file before feeding, using the "Patient Information Form" and the "Comfort Behavior Checklist, Wong-Baker Facial Pain Scale", 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form', before the intervention and feeding (Interview 1). * In the second interview, between 07-08 am, the 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form' will be filled out before feeding (Interview 2). * In the third interview, between 07-08 am, the 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form' will be filled out before feeding (Interview 3). * In the fourth interview, between 07-08 in the morning, data will be collected with the "Comfort Behavior Checklist", Wong-Baker Facial Pain Scale and 'Enteral Feeding Monitoring Form' before feeding (Interview 4). | Other | control group |
Primary outcome
The effect of abdominal massage on gastrointestinal complications
Time frame: 96 hours
Abdominal massage was repeated for 3 days, and , diarrhea status and number, constipation status, vomiting status and number, nausea status, abdominal distension, and defecation number measurement were recorded before each abdominal massage.
1 secondary outcome
Effects of in-bed exercise on gastrointestinal complications
Time frame: 96 hours
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 23 Jun 2026.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 41891325Gungor Unal S, Dusak I, Akcoban S. The Effect of Abdominal Massage and In-Bed Exercise on Gastrointestinal Complications, Pain and Comfort in Palliative Care Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial. Scand J Caring Sci. 2026 Jun;40(2):e70234. doi: 10.1111/scs.70234.
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Referral and contact
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The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing bed exercise group and abdominal massage in people with Gastrointestinal Complication and Palliative Care, Patient Care, run by Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 9 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 23 Jun 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
The effect of abdominal massage on gastrointestinal complications (time frame: 96 hours). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT07125482, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 23 Jun 2026.