Background: Providing nutrition to seriously unwell patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a crucial and complex aspect of their care. It is believed that abdominal massage will stop the distention, vomiting, and reducing residual gastric volume. Aim: To identify the effect of abdominal massage on enteral nutrition tolerance among patients on mechanical ventilation. Design: To accomplish the goal of this study, quasi-experimental research design (study and control group) was used. Setting: This study was carried out in the critical care unit of Benha University Hospital in Qalyoubia, Egypt. Subjects: A purposive sample of 80 patients on mechanical ventilation who were divided into study & control (40 for each one). Three tools were used to collect the data, tool I: Patients personal and medical data. Tool II: Abdominal massage technique. Tool III: Enteral nutrition assessment. Results: Compared to the control patients, a gastric residual was found at the conclusion of the monitoring days. On the sixth day, only 7.5% of the study group had gastric residual, with a mean volume of 3.1 ml. In contrast, 52.5% of the control group had gastric residual, with a mean volume of 25.6 ml, demonstrating a highly significant difference at p value <0.01. At the end of the fourth and fifth days, distention and defecation showed extremely significant differences between the study and control groups, with p-values of 0.01**. However, there was only a slight difference related to vomiting, with a p-value of <0.05*. Conclusion: According to this study, abdominal massage for patients on mechanical ventilation decreased vomiting, abdominal distension, and gastric residual volume. Improve the frequency of defecations as well. Recommendation: Provide specialized training about abdominal massage technique to healthcare staff, including nurses and physiotherapists and replication of the study on a larger probability sample from different geographical distribution.
Ahmed Abdel samad, O., Kamel Atya, W., & Tolba Fathy, A. (2023). Effect of Abdominal Massage on Enteral Nutrition Tolerance among Patients on Mechanical Ventilation. Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 4(2), 147-162. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2023.324039
MLA
Ola Ahmed Abdel samad; Watanya Kamel Atya; Ashgan Tolba Fathy. "Effect of Abdominal Massage on Enteral Nutrition Tolerance among Patients on Mechanical Ventilation". Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 4, 2, 2023, 147-162. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2023.324039
HARVARD
Ahmed Abdel samad, O., Kamel Atya, W., Tolba Fathy, A. (2023). 'Effect of Abdominal Massage on Enteral Nutrition Tolerance among Patients on Mechanical Ventilation', Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 4(2), pp. 147-162. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2023.324039
VANCOUVER
Ahmed Abdel samad, O., Kamel Atya, W., Tolba Fathy, A. Effect of Abdominal Massage on Enteral Nutrition Tolerance among Patients on Mechanical Ventilation. Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 2023; 4(2): 147-162. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2023.324039
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