The Effects of Guided Imagery on Postoperative Pain Management

October 29, 2020 updated by: Leyla ZENGİN AYDIN, Dicle University

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

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

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed 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.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
    • Sur
      • Diyarbakır, Sur, Turkey, 21280
        • Leyla ZENGİN AYDIN

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: CROSSOVER
  • Masking: SINGLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Guided Imagery
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
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 (
NO_INTERVENTION: No-Reflexology Application , control group.
No intervention was applied on the control group patients.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Dicle University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

April 1, 2018

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

June 30, 2018

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

September 30, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 26, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 29, 2020

First Posted (ACTUAL)

October 30, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

October 30, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 29, 2020

Last Verified

October 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • LZA2018/5

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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