The Effect of Abdominal Massage on Gastric Residual Volume A Randomized Controlled Trial
GASTROENTEROLOGY NURSING, vol.35, no.2, pp.117-123, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 35 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2012
- Doi Number: 10.1097/sga.0b013e31824c235a
- Journal Name: GASTROENTEROLOGY NURSING
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.117-123
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
This study is a randomized controlled trial aimed at determining the effects of abdominal massage on high gastric residual volume seen in patients intermittently fed with enteral nutrition through a nasogastric tube. The study also investigated consequent abdominal distension and vomiting complications. The study was carried out in a university hospital between January and December 2009. The sample included 40 intervention (abdominal massage) and 40 control subjects. Findings demonstrated that 2.5% of the subjects in the massage group and 30.0% of the subjects in the control group developed high gastric residual volume from enteral nutrition through a nasogastric tube. Abdominal circumference measurements of subjects on the first and last days demonstrated that 20% of the subjects in the control group and only 2.5% of the subjects in the massage group developed abdominal distension (p = .044). Vomiting was observed in 10% of the control subjects; no vomiting was observed in the intervention group. Findings suggest that nurses should apply abdominal massage to subjects receiving enteral feedings intermittently to prevent high gastric residual volume and abdominal distension.