The Effect of Guided Imagery on Activity-Specific Balance Confidence, Pain, and Psychological Well-Being

N/ANot Yet RecruitingNCT06855927

Inonu University78 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of guided imagery on activity-specific balance confidence, pain, and psychological well-being in elderly orthopedic patients. In the study, guided imagery will be applied by the researchers and will be applied over 2 days for a total of 3 repetitions. The study will be conducted in the postoperative period of the patients.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Guided Imagery

Interventions

Guided ImageryOTHER

Guided imagery is a potential healing technique that aims to help individuals mentally visualize positive physical and psychological states.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who are open to communication and collaboration, * Those who are over 65 years old, * Those who have a mini-mental test score of 24 and above, * Those who have the same type of analgesic protocol, * Those who have a numerical pain score of at least 4 will be included. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have developed any complications, * Patients who have hearing, vision and perception problems, * Patients who have been diagnosed with any psychiatric disease, * Patients who have developed any complications after surgery will be excluded.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Guided imagery applied to elderly orthopedic patients increases activity-specific balance confidence.

The patient relaxes as a result of guided imagery, activity-specific balance confidence will be measured with the Activity-Specific Balance Confidence Scale. The scale is based on ratings of perceived balance level during different activities of daily living from 0% (no confidence) to 100% (full confidence). The total score ranges from 0 to 100. Higher scores indicate greater confidence. The intervention will be evaluated 3 times. 39 patients will be measured in the touch group.

Time frame: 100 minutes

Guided imagery applied to elderly orthopedic patients reduces pain levels.

The patient is relaxed as a result of guided imagery, the pain value will be measured with a verbal pain scale. On this scale, 0 describes the absence of pain, while 10 describes the highest level of pain, which is unbearable. Higher scores indicate more pain. The intervention will be evaluated 3 times. 39 patients will be measured in the touch group.

Time frame: 100 minutes

Guided imagery applied to elderly orthopedic patients increases psychological well-being.

The patient relaxes as a result of guided imagery, and the level of psychological well-being will be measured with the Psychological Well-being Scale. The total scale score varies between 8 and 56. As the total scale score increases, the level of psychological well-being also increases. The intervention will be evaluated 3 times. 39 patients will be measured in the touch group.

Time frame: 100 minutes

Central Contacts

Neslihan SÖYLEMEZ, PhD

CONTACT

+905316970230 neslihan.percins@gmail.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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