Clinical trial NCT05424991: The Effect of Comedy Film on Preoperative Anxiety and Postoperative Pain Level.
Official title: The Effect of Comedy Film on Preoperative Anxiety and Postoperative Pain Level in Abdominal Surgery Patients
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: General Surgery
Anxiety
Pain
Keywords: Abdominal Surgery
Preoperative Anxiety
Comedy Film
Postoperative Pain
Lead sponsor: Malatya Turgut Ozal University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-06-21
Enrollment: 176
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: This study was conducted as a randomized controlled trial.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: When we look at the literature, studies examining the effect of having patients watch comedy films on anxiety and pain are limited. However, it was observed that the anxiety and pain levels of oncology patients who underwent surgery decreased by watching comedy movies. Therefore, in order to use the healing effects of humor, our study was planned to determine the effect of watching comedy films on the level of anxiety and postoperative pain in patients undergoing abdominal surgery.

Detailed description: Whether it is major surgery or minor surgery, preoperative anxiety is observed in all patients in the preoperative period. A high level of anxiety causes many physiological and psychological problems in the body and causes an increase in sympathetic and endocrine system stimuli. Among the physiological and psychological problems seen, many conditions such as recovery time, quality of life, health care expenditures, vital signs and well-being are negatively affected. Therefore, many applications can be used to reduce the level of anxiety before surgery. With humor, which is one of them, the anxiety levels of the patients can be reduced and they can manage their stress management better. In addition to reducing the level of anxiety before the operation, the experience of post-operative pain is one of the important problems experienced by the patients. Pain complaints are a general problem in the postoperative period in abdominal surgeries. The usefulness of using supportive complementary and alternative therapies in addition to pharmacological treatments in postoperative pain management is emphasized in the literature. Among these non-pharmacological treatments, it is stated that humor and laughter increase tolerance to pain and have positive effects on mood. Humor and laughter not only increase pain tolerance, but also reduce fear, anxiety and anger, and help lower the level of anxiety. Therefore, in order to use the healing effects of humor, our study was planned to determine the effect of watching comedy films on the level of anxiety and postoperative pain in patients undergoing abdominal surgery.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years and over,
* Defining the postoperative pain intensity of 4 and above,
* No cognitive problem
* Willing to participate in the research
* Having had Abdominal Surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

* with a communication barrier,
* Having an uncontrollable psychiatric disorder,

Primary outcomes:
measure: Pain level
timeFrame: Time Frame: 0-20 minutes
measure: Anxiety Level
timeFrame: 0-20 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Malatya
country: Turkey
facility: Inonu University
Study officials:
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