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The Effect of Abdominal Massage on Enteral Complications in Geriatric Patients.
Article in SAGE open nursing. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06237725 (The Effect of Abdominal Massage on Gastrointestinal System Functions in Patients Nutrition Enterally With Continuous and Bolus Infusion.), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.
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The Effect of Abdominal Massage on Gastrointestinal System Functions in Patients Nutrition Enterally With Continuous and Bolus Infusion.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effect of Abdominal Massage and In-Bed Exercise on Gastrointestinal Complications, Pain and Comfort in Palliative Care Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2026Trial
- Isolated pancreatic injury caused by abdominal massage: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Article
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
introduction and purposeGeriatric patients, who are fed by nasogastric tube (NG), may suffer from complications. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of abdominal massage on Gastric residual volume (GRV), distension, vomiting, and defecation in geriatric patients, who were hospitalized in intensive care unit and fed by NG.
methodsThe quasi-experimental study was conducted in intensive care units. The researcher applied abdominal massage to patients in the intervention group (n = 30) twice a day for 15-20 minutes before feeding. The data of the study were collected by using a questionnaire and a parameter questionnaire.
resultsGRV decreased significantly in the intervention group and increased significantly in the control group (
conclusionIt was observed that while abdominal massage reduced high GRV and distension incidence, it increased the incidence of defecation.
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