The Effect of Aromatherapy Foot Massage on Neuropathic Pain in Patients With Type2 Diabetes

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

intervention I group: 'Patient Introduction Form', 'DN4 neuropathic pain questionnaire', 'Mcgill pain questionnaire short form' and 'Pain-Activity Patterns Scale' will be applied through face-to-face interview and the first aromatherapy foot massage will be applied when the patients in the intervention I group first arrive. Patients will be asked to massage their right foot for five minutes and their left foot for five minutes before going to bed three days a week (Monday-Wednesday-Friday) for a total of ten minutes in accordance with the foot massage application protocol. 'Mcgill pain questionnaire short form' will be administered to the patients every week on Saturday at the same time by telephone. At the end of the fourth week, 'DN4 neuropathic pain questionnaire', 'Mcgill pain questionnaire short form' and 'Pain-Activity Patterns Scale' will be administered again by telephone or face-to-face interview.

Intervention II group: When the patients in the Intervention II group first arrive, the 'Patient Introduction Form', 'DN4 neuropathic pain questionnaire', 'Mcgill pain questionnaire short form' and 'Pain-Activity Patterns Scale' will be applied through face-to-face interview and the first foot massage with sesame oil will be applied. Patients will be asked to massage their right foot for five minutes and their left foot for five minutes before going to bed three days a week (Monday-Wednesday-Friday) for a total of ten minutes in accordance with the foot massage application protocol. 'Mcgill pain questionnaire short form' will be administered to the patients every week on Saturday at the same time by telephone. At the end of the fourth week, 'DN4 neuropathic pain questionnaire', 'Mcgill pain questionnaire short form' and 'Pain-Activity Patterns Scale' will be administered again by telephone or face-to-face interview.

Study summary

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

Primary outcome measure(s)

• McGILL PAIN SURVEY SHORT FORM (SF-MPQ) — 4 weeks
  The scale, which was first developed by Melzack (1987) and validated in Turkish by Yakut et al. (2006), includes 15 descriptive word groups including the characteristics of pain. Eleven of them evaluate the sensory dimension of pain and four of them evaluate the perceptual dimension of pain. These descriptive words are graded on an intensity scale from 0 to 3 (0 = none, 1 = mild, 2 = moderate, 3 = severe). In the first part of the scale, a total of three pain scores are obtained: sensory pain score, perceptual pain score and total pain score. Sensory pain score is between 0-33, perceptual pain score is between 0-12 and total pain score is between 0-45. An increase in the score indicates an increase in pain.

Trial sites (1)

More TC Erciyes University trials in Turkey

Other trials for the same condition