2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The Effects of Hot Moist Compresses Applied to the Lumber Region on Daily Living Behaviors and Comfort
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16390631
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Fundamental nursing
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| Research Institution | St Luke's College of Nursing |
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Principal Investigator |
HISHINUMA Michiko St Luke's College of Nursing, Department of Nursing, Professor, 看護学部, 教授 (40103585)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAMAZAKI Yoshimi St Luke's College of Nursing, Department of Nursing, Assistant, 看護学部, 助手 (60384666)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2006
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| Keywords | Nursing / hot compresses / constipation / clinical intervention trial |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to clarify if hot moist compresses applied to the lumber region would be a useful nursing skill to provide comfort and ease suffering from constipation disorder.
1. Seven patients incapacitated by stroke were subjects. One month was the control period and the next month was the experimental period. During the experimental period, a hot moist compresses at 60℃ were applied for 10 minutes every day, 4 patients had natural bowel movements without enemas.
2: Fifty-nine women with constipation were subjects. One month was the control period and the next month was the experimental period. During the experimental period, hot moist compress at 40℃ were applied for 5 hours for thirty subjects, and those at 60℃ were applied for 10 minutes every day for twenty-nine subjects. The data showed that the frequency of defecation increased significantly and the consciousness of constipation decreased during the experimental period. The number of laxatives decreased significantly for the group with hot moist compress at 60℃.
3: In a clinical setting, we checked the temperature of the skin and the towels with the eleven patients. Hot towels within plastic bags were applied to their lumber region. The temperature of the towels started at 49.8℃. The temperature of the skin rose 3.1℃ when 20 minutes passed, after 90 minutes it was 1.8℃ higher compare to the beginning.
These findings suggest that hot compresses either at 40℃ for an extended time or at 60℃ for 10 minutes when applied to the lumbar region is a useful nursing skill that promotes bowel movements. Further understanding of the temperature and the time period is required so that hot compresses might be promoted as nursing skill to ease constipation disorder in the clinical setting.
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