Mental simulations can motivate patients for their first verticalization after cesarean section, although perceived anxiety before verticalization may reduce a positive effect of mental simulations.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
150
Audio recordings with a mental simulation. The women listened to the text using headphones about 10-15 min before verticalization (5 h after arrival in the postoperative room, about 6 h after anesthesia). In each group, the mental training lasted for about 10 min.
2nd Chair and Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Jan Mikulicz-Radecki University Teaching Hospital in Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
Wroclaw, Poland
willingness to verticalize
Percentage of women who were willing to verticalize after listening to the recording. Assessed on a on a six-point scale.
Time frame: Immediately after a single mental simulation
verticalization
Percentage of the success of verticalization after listening to the recording.
Time frame: Immediately after a single mental simulation
duration of the first mobilization
Time form the start of the measurement was set at getting out of bed from a sitting position, and the end of the measurement was set at the patient's return to bed.
Time frame: Immediately after a single mental simulation
pain level
The average pain she experienced during upright standing. Measured with a 10-point numerical rating scale.
Time frame: 3 time points (before and immediately after a single mental simulation, and immediately after verticalization.
anxiety
Measured with a 10-point numerical rating scale.
Time frame: upon arrival at the recovery room, before and immediately after a single mental simulation.
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