ArticleIranian journal of nursing and midwifery research
Comparing the Effect of Foot and Hand Reflexology on Pain Severity after Appendectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Article in Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06407622 (The Effect of Foot Reflexology on Pain Intensity, Sleep Quality and Bowel Functions in Patients Undergoing Appendectomy Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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The Effect of Foot Reflexology on Pain Intensity, Sleep Quality and Bowel Functions in Patients Undergoing Appendectomy Surgery
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of Foot Reflexology and Benson Relaxation on Pain, Breastfeeding and Weight of Neonates of Women Undergoing a Cesarean Section.Archives of Iranian medicine · 2023Trial
- Effectiveness of Breathing Exercises, Foot Reflexology and Massage (BRM) on Maternal and Newborn Outcomes Among Primigravidae in Saudi Arabia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of women's health · 2022Trial
- Comparing the impact of foot and hand reflexology on anxiety and physiological indices in colonoscopy candidates: A randomized clinical trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2025Article
- Comparison of the Effects of Foot and Hand Reflexology on Pain and Anxiety in Patients Admitted to the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.Advanced biomedical research · 2025Article
- The effects of foot reflexology on pain and physiological indicators in children with leukemia under chemotherapy: a clinical trial study.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAppendicitis is one of the main causes of acute pain. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of foot and hand reflexology on pain severity following appendectomy. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis clinical trial was conducted on 38 patients undergoing appendectomy in Alimoradian Hospital of Nahavand, Iran, in 2016. The samples were selected using convenience sampling, and then, randomly assigned to hand and foot reflexology groups via simple random sampling. In the foot reflexology group, the dorsal and plantar surfaces of the feet were lubricated using natural olive oil for five minutes. Next, reflexology was done by applying pressure to the appendix reflex area for 20 minutes. The same intervention was applied in the hand reflexology group. The severity of pain was measured using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) before the intervention and one, three, and 24 hours after the intervention. Data were analyzed using Chi-square, One-way Analysis Of Variance (ANOVA), and repeated measures ANOVA.
resultsThe results of one-way ANOVA showed no significant difference in the mean pain severity between the two groups (
conclusionsThe results of this study showed that foot reflexology was more effective than hand reflexology in pain alleviation.
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