NCT07889011Completed
Effect of Abdominal Massage on Gastrointestinal Symptoms After Head and Neck Cancer Surgery
Effects of Abdominal Massage on Abdominal Pain, Constipation, and Gas/Bloating in Patients Receiving Enteral Nutrition Following Head and Neck Cancer Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study aimed to evaluate whether abdominal massage could reduce abdominal pain, constipation, and gas/bloating in patients receiving enteral nutrition through a nasogastric tube after surgery for head and neck cancer. A total of 70 patients participated in this randomized controlled trial. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups. The intervention group (35 patients) received abdominal massage for 15 minutes twice daily over three consecutive postoperative days, in addition to routine nursing care. The control group (35 patients) received routine nursing care without abdominal massage. Abdominal pain, constipation, and gas/bloating were assessed using standardized measurement tools. Assessments were performed twice daily, in the morning and evening, during the first three postoperative days. The study was conducted to investigate whether abdominal massage could be a useful non-drug nursing intervention for managing gastrointestinal symptoms in patients recovering from head and neck cancer surgery.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 70 (actual)
- First submitted
- 15 Oct 2026
- Start date
- 30 Oct 2024
- Primary completion date
- 30 Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Maltepe University
- Diseases
- Head and neck cancer
- NCT number
- NCT07889011
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 70
- From 30 Oct 2024 to the primary completion date, 30 Aug 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- History of bowel resection.
- History of abdominal surgery.
- Uncontrolled psychiatric illness.
- Active lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
Other
- Use of laxatives or suppositories, or administration of enemas.
- Refusal to participate in the study.
Who the study is looking for
- Aged 18 years or older.
- Underwent head and neck surgery.
- Able to communicate in Turkish.
- Receiving inpatient treatment and nursing care.
- Receiving enteral nutrition through a nasogastric tube.
- No symptoms of diarrhea.
- No physician-diagnosed chronic constipation.
- Conscious and oriented to person, place, and time.
- No contraindications to abdominal massage, including inflammatory bowel disease, abdominal tumors, a history of abdominal surgery or radiotherapy to the abdominal region, ileus or suspected ileus, or pregnancy.
- Not bedridden or wheelchair-dependent.
- Willing to participate in the study and providing informed consent.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Istanbul | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
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