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

April 30, 2025 updated by: Neslihan Söylemez, PhD, Inonu University

The Effect of Guided Imagery on Activity-Specific Balance Confidence, Pain, and Psychological Well-Being in Elderly Orthopedic Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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 Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

78

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 Contact

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

  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

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.

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: Sequential Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: The Effect of Guided Imagery in Elderly Orthopedic Patients
Guided imagery, which is a mind-body method, allows the patient to relax and feel good. In this way, patients' self-confidence increases.
Other: Guided Imagery
Guided imagery is a potential healing technique that aims to help individuals mentally visualize positive physical and psychological states.
Other Names:
  • Dreaming
No Intervention: Balance Confidence, Pain, and Psychological Well-Being in Elderly Orthopedic Patients
No intervention is applied to the patients in this group and the effectiveness of the interventions used on the patients in the other group is measured.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Guided imagery applied to elderly orthopedic patients increases activity-specific balance confidence.
Time Frame: 100 minutes
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.
100 minutes
Guided imagery applied to elderly orthopedic patients reduces pain levels.
Time Frame: 100 minutes
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.
100 minutes
Guided imagery applied to elderly orthopedic patients increases psychological well-being.
Time Frame: 100 minutes
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.
100 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Inonu University

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Adile Bozkurt Tonguç, PhD, Osmaniye Korkut Ata 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 (Estimated)

May 15, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

June 30, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

July 30, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 25, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 2, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

March 4, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 1, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 30, 2025

Last Verified

April 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Osmaniye Korkut Ata University

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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