The Effect of Abdominal Massage on Abdominal Disfunction Among Patients in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Karina Denggani Rebeka Cibro (a), Saryono (b)
a)Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jenderal Soedirman University, Purwokerto
b)Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jenderal Soedirman University, Purwokerto
Abstract
Introduction
About 60% of ICU patients have increased gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction. One non-pharmacological intervention that can be performed in ICU patients with gastrointestinal dysfunction is abdominal massage. This study aims to identify and analyze previous studies regarding the intervention of the abdominal massage for abdominal dysfunction of ICU patients.
Methods
Articles was taken from the Google Scholar Research Gate, and the Elsevier search engine with the keywords abdominal massage in ICU patients, ICU massage, ICU abdomen, ICU abdomen massage, and ICU massage. Inclusion criteria were published in 2015 to 2020, in Indonesian and English, accessible in full text form, research with ICU patients who are bound to NGT and receiving abdominal massage intervention. Articles that found are selected based on the criteria and found 10 relevant journals to be analyzed and compared.
Result
Analysis of 10 research journals shows that the abdominal massage has a positive effect on digestive function, such as decreasing GRV output, reducing abdominal distension, the risk of constipation, the incident of vomiting and VAP.
Conclusion
The results of this literature review show that abdominal massage have a positive effect on improving digestive function in ICU patients.
