The Effect of Aromatherapy Foot Massage on Neuropathic Pain in Patients With Type2 Diabetes
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorTC Erciyes University
About this trial
The aim of this clinical trial is to learn about the effect of aromatherapy foot massage on neuropathic pain in patients with Type 2 diabetes. In addition, while determining the effect of aromatherapy foot massage on neuropathic pain; it was also aimed to find the source of the reduction in pain.
The main questions he aimed to answer are as follows:
Does aromatherapy foot massage have an effect on neuropathic pain in patients with type 2 diabetes? Does foot massage have an effect on neuropathic pain in patients with type 2 diabetes? The researchers will compare an oil without aromatherapy oil with a placebo group to see if aromatherapy foot massage reduces neuropathic pain.
Participants:
Participants will perform the massage treatment three times a week for 4 weeks. Participants will perform foot massage for 10 minutes, 5 minutes on each foot. Participants will be evaluated by calling once a week for 4 weeks.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients with a Douleur neuropathic pain questionnaire score of 4 and above,
18 years and over,
No psychiatric illness,
Patients who are able to answer all the questions,
Disqualifiers
Patients who cannot be contacted,
Any limb, vascular problem or wound that prevents the application of foot massage,
Thrombophlebitis, occlusive arterial disease, fever, etc. Those who are inconvenient to massage due to illness,
Patients who refused to participate in the study.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- intervention I group
- Intervention II group
Treatment groups
78 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov