The Effect of Foot Massage on Pain of the Intensive Care Patients: A Parallel Randomized Single-Blind Controlled Trial

Table 1

Comparison of the medical history in the family-based massage group, nurse-based massage group, and control.

Variable	Group
	Family-based massage group		Nurse-based massage group		Control group		Statistical test	value
	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
History of admission in ICU
Yes	2	8.0	4	16.0	2	8.0	1.08	0.72
No	23	92.0	21	84.0	23	92.0
History of other diseases
Yes	11	44.0	12	48.0	12	48.0	0.11	>0.99
No	14	56.0	13	52.0	13	52.0
Current history of addiction
Yes	11	44.0	11	44.0	11	44.0	—	—
No	14	56.0	14	56.0	14	56.0
History of smoking
Yes	9	36.0	7	28.0	9	36.0	0.48	0.86
No	16	64.0	18	72.0	16	64.0
History of seizure
Yes	0	0.0	3	12.0	0	0.0	4.26	0.10
No	25	100.0	22	88.0	25	100.0
Hypertension
Yes	10	40.0	10	40.0	9	36.0	0.11	0.94
No	15	60.0	15	60.0	16	64.0
History of taking hypertension medications
Yes	10	40.0	9	36.0	9	36.0	0.11	0.99
No	15	60.0	16	64.0	16	64.0
History of surgery during hospitalization
Yes	21	84.0	20	80.0	20	80.0	0.26	0.99
No	4	16.0	5	20.0	5	20.0
Type of disease
Lesions with bleeding	6	24.0	9	36.0	9	36.0	1.10	0.70
Lesions without bleeding	19	0.76	16	0.64	16	0.64

Fisher’s exact test; Chi-squared test.