The Effects of Guided Imagery on Postoperative Pain Management

Dicle University60 enrolled

Overview

This study was conducted to determine the effects of guided imagery on postoperative pain management.

The sample of the study consisted of 60 patients (30 in the experiment and 30 in the control groups) undergoing lower extremity operations at the orthopedics clinics of the Kahramanmaras Necip Fazil City Hospital. The study was conducted between April and September 2018.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Healthy Nursing Caries

Interventions

guided imageryOTHER

Guided Imagery CD: A guided imagery CD was prepared by a web designer with the recommendations of the researcher to include relaxing, soft and slow-paced, mixed nature sounds and photographs towards reducing pain in lower extremity surgical operation patients. The directives used for guidance, the audio recordings created as a result of literature review and the video lasted for 13 minutes (

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients at and over the age of 18 * Patients who were able to speak Turkish * Patients who received spinal anesthesia Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who had not previously used guided imagery * Patients any disease that could cause pain outside the surgery

Locations (1)

Leyla ZENGİN AYDIN

Diyarbakır, Sur, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

A mean total score on the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

A mean total score on the VAS of four and above indicates postoperative pain.

Time frame: first week

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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