Senan Mutlu
Manisa Celal Bayar University, Turkey
Title: The effect of three different cold therapies on soft tissue injury to pain, edema and patient satisfaction
Biography
Biography: Senan Mutlu
Abstract
This was a randomized controlled type study. It was conducted with 105 patients undergoing soft tissue injury. The patient was treated cold at three different times [(10, 20 and 30 minutes (min)]. Before the study was conducted, approval was obtained from the ethics committee. Data was collected by face to face interview using a personal information form, Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Newcastle Nursing Satisfaction Scale (NNSS). Pain, edema and range of motion were evaluated before application, immediately after application, 10 and 20 minutes after application. Newcastle Nursing Satisfaction Scale was applied to all patients before discharge. Descriptive and analytical statistics were used in the analysis of the data. In the study, it was determined that the patients who had 20 minutes of cold application fell more VAS-pain scores immediately after application than the other groups. It was found that complaints affecting patient comfort such as tingling, itching, numbness, numbness, redness and burning were more frequent in the group of 30 minutes cold application (p<0,05) While there was no significant difference between the groups in all measurements at all measurement times in the affected area (p>0,05), there was a significant difference in goniometer measurements at all other measurement times except the pre-application period (p<0,05). There was a statistically significant difference between the groups in terms of NNSS (p<0,05).