The Effects of Guided Imagery on Postoperative Pain Management

Dicle University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy; Nursing Caries

Treatments: Other: guided imagery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04610151

LZA2018/5

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Guided Imagery

Experimental group

Description:

Guided Imagery Intervention:The pretest data of the patients with a pain score of 4 or higher according to VAS were collected. Afterwards, the experiment group patients were applied guided imagery.

Treatment:

Other: guided imagery

No-Reflexology Application , control group.

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention was applied on the control group patients.