The Effects of Hand Massage in Patients Who Underwent Transradial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Abstract

Hand massage can be a helpful nursing intervention for transradial percutaneous coronary intervention by reducing pain and discomfort to a considerable degree.

An intervention study of a combined intervention of positioning and hand massage in patients undergoing radiofrequency catheter ablation

“…Because elevating the upper body relieves pressure on the body and prevents spasticity (Cha & Sok, 2016), it is considered an effective procedure to relieve physical discomfort. In addition, previous studies by Kim et al (2008) and Shin and Kim (2018) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention found that the patients' physical discomfort was reduced after offering a hand massage, similar to the findings of our study.…”

“…In addition, previous studies by Kim et al ( 2008 ) and Shin and Kim ( 2018 ) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention found that the patients' physical discomfort was reduced after offering a hand massage, similar to the findings of our study. Hand massage is effective in alleviating discomfort because it relaxes muscles and increases blood circulation (Kim & Cho, 2012 ; Shin & Kim, 2018 ). Therefore, our study results can be considered of statistically significance to confirm that providing a combined intervention of 25° upper body elevation and hand massage to patients who have undergone RFCA with limited movement is effective in alleviating physical discomfort.…”

“…In addition, a previous study reporting that pain was reduced as a result of repeatedly applying hand massage to both hands for 2 min and 30 s in patients undergoing coronary intervention and spinal surgery (Shin & Kim, 2018) was similar to the results of this study. Hand massage alleviates pain and promotes physical relaxation by stimulating the hands (Kim & Cho, 2012;Shin & Kim, 2018). Repeated hand massage interventions are reported to be effective in relieving pain because they activate nerve fibres through repeated skin irritation (Kim & Cho, 2012;Park et al, 2004).…”

“…In addition, a previous study reporting that pain was reduced as a result of repeatedly applying hand massage to both hands for 2 min and 30 s in patients undergoing coronary intervention and spinal surgery (Shin & Kim, 2018) was similar to the results of this study. Hand massage alleviates pain and promotes physical relaxation by stimulating the hands (Kim & Cho, 2012; Shin & Kim, 2018). Repeated hand massage interventions are reported to be effective in relieving pain because they activate nerve fibres through repeated skin irritation (Kim & Cho, 2012; Park et al, 2004).…”

“…The required sample size was calculated using the G*Power version 3.1.2 (Faul et al, 2007). A total of 42 participants were needed for this study using a one‐tailed test, a statistically significance level of .05, a statistical power of .80 and a large effect size (Heravi et al, 2015; Shin & Kim, 2018). In this study, 25 participants were assigned to the control group and 21 participants to the experimental group, and a total of 46 participants were finally analysed without dropping out (Figure 1).…”