TY - JOUR T1 - Effect of Feet Reflexology Massage on Urinary Retention Relieving after Surgery TT - تاثیر ماساژ بازتابی پاها بر رفع احتباس ادراری پس از اعمال جراحی JF - QHMS JO - QHMS VL - 20 IS - 4 UR - http://imtj.gmu.ac.ir/article-1-2042-en.html Y1 - 2015 SP - 215 EP - 221 KW - Massage KW - Urinary Retention KW - Surgical Procedures KW - Operative KW - Urine N2 -   Aims: Urine retention following surgery can lead to performance and basic disorders in gall bladder. The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of feet reflexology on urinary retention relieving after surgery.   Materials & Methods: This clinical trial was done in 2014 on 70 patients with urinary retention following surgery that was not able to urinate despite routine nursing measures. The patients were divided into two interventional and control groups based on random allocation (permutation blocking method). Reflexology was performed for intervention group for 30min (15min for each foot) and general reflexology was carried out for control group for the same duration. Data collected using a researcher-made checklist. Data were analyzed by SPSS 16 using descriptive statistics, independent-T, Man-Whitney, and Chi-square tests.   Findings: There was a significant difference between intervention and control groups regarding urinary retention after surgery (p=0.04) and retention time (p M3 10.18869/acadpub.hms.20.4.215 ER -