Journal of clinical nursing
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
The effects of cryotherapy in relieving postarthroscopy pain.
The aim of this study was to examine whether the application of cryotherapy with ice in a plastic bag is effective in reducing the severity of wound pain after arthroscopy. ⋯ Cryotherapy with ice in a plastic bag is a simple, readily attainable and cost-effective technique for relieving postarthroscopy pain. We recommend that it be included in standard treatment protocols. Techniques for cryotherapy should be incorporated into in-service education.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Minimising preoperative anxiety with music for day surgery patients - a randomised clinical trial.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of musical intervention on preoperative anxiety and vital signs in patients undergoing day surgery. ⋯ Finding multimodal approaches to ease discomfort and anxiety from unfamiliar unit surroundings and perceived risks of morbidity (e.g. disfigurement and long-term sequelae) is necessary to reduce preoperative anxiety and subsequent physiological complications. This is especially true in the day surgery setting, where surgical admission times are often subject to change and patients may have to accommodate on short notice or too long a wait that may provoke anxiety. Our results provide additional evidence that musical intervention may be incorporated into routine nursing care for patients undergoing minor surgery.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effects of music on depression in older people: a randomised controlled trial.
To determine the effect of music on depression levels in older adults. Background. Depression is a common psychiatric disorder in older adults, and its impacts on this group of people, along with its conventional treatment, merit our attention. Conventional pharmacological methods might result in dependence and impairment in psychomotor and cognitive functioning. Listening to music, which is a non-pharmacological method, might reduce depression. ⋯ Music is a non-invasive, simple and inexpensive therapeutic method of improving life quality in community-dwelling older people.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Effects of music intervention with nursing presence and recorded music on psycho-physiological indices of cancer patient caregivers.
To compare the effects of music intervention with nursing presence and recorded music on blood volume pulse amplitude, the low/high frequency ratio component of heart rate variability, depression, anxiety and sleep quality in cancer patient caregivers; to compare the participants evaluation of these two forms of musical intervention. ⋯ The findings provide evidence for nurses that the therapeutic use of music and nursing presence as a research-based nursing intervention for the welfare of caregivers.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of sleep-inducing music on sleep in persons with percutaneous transluminal coronary angiography in the cardiac care unit.
The study compared the effect of earplug-delivered sleep-inducing music on sleep in persons with percutaneous transluminal coronary angiography in the cardiac care unit. ⋯ Nurses working at cardiac care unit can use music to improve sleeping in clients with percutaneous transluminal coronary angiography.