This study was designed as a randomised controlled, 2-group, pre-test post-test comparative, experimental study to examine the effect of mandala activity on postoperative pain, anxiety levels and analgesia use of gynaecological oncology patients.
This study was designed as a randomised controlled, 2-group, pre-test post-test comparative, experimental study to examine the effect of mandala activity on postoperative pain, anxiety levels and analgesia use of gynaecological oncology patients. The study was conducted with 42 patients who underwent open abdominal hysterectomy surgery in the Gynecological Oncology Surgery Clinic of a training and research hospital in Istanbul between 1 February 2023 and 1 August 2023. Patients in the intervention group (n=21) received mandala activity at least once a day during their postoperative hospitalisation (days 0-2). Patients in the control group (n=21) did not receive any intervention. Introductory Information Form, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-I), Postoperative Patient Evaluation Form and Mandala Activity Booklet were used in the study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
42
A descriptive patient form, VAS and STAI-I were applied before surgery. After the surgery, VAS and STAI-I were applied before and after the mandala activity until the patient was discharged. The VAS form was applied every 4 hours until the patient was discharged. This process was repeated in the same way for the entire intervention group.
Üsküdar University
Istanbul, Üsküdar, Turkey (Türkiye)
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
This scale is used to visually assess and then quantify values that cannot be measured quantitatively. It was used to measure the pain intensity of gynecologic oncology patients in both the intervention and control groups. In this scale, the variable to be evaluated is written on both ends of a 100 mm long line. The patient was asked to place a line, dot or cross on this beam by asking which one she was closer to. For example, the leftmost part is labeled "no pain" and the other end is labeled "most severe pain". The patient makes a mark on the ray according to his/her current condition. Starting from the left end, i.e. where there is no pain at all, the part up to the point where the patient has pain, i.e. where the patient makes a mark, is measured. This quantity indicates the intensity of the patient's pain. The increase in quality and quantity indicates an increase in pain intensity.
Time frame: 1 February 2023 - 1 August 2023 (6 months or 182 days)
Number of analgesia use
It is a form used to evaluate the use of postoperative analgesia in gynaecological oncology patients.
Time frame: 1 February 2023 - 1 August 2023 (6 months or 182 days)
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