The Effects of Guided Imagery on Postoperative Pain Management

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

Detailed Description
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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.

Official Title
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The Effects of Guided Imagery on Postoperative Pain Management: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Conditions
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Healthy, Nursing Caries

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: guided imagery


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Interventional Model Description: The study was conducted with patients undergoing lower extremity operations between April 2018 and May 2019 at the Necip Fazıl City Hospital (Kahramanmaraş, Turkey) as a pretest-posttest study with a quasi-experimental design and a control group.
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Guided Imagery<br>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. | Other: guided imagery<br>* 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 (<br>|
| No Intervention: No-Reflexology Application , control group.<br>No intervention was applied on the control group patients. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A mean total score on the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) | A mean total score on the VAS of four and above indicates postoperative pain. | first week | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Patient, Postoperative, Pain, Visual Analogue Scale, Guided Imagery