Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of Guided Imagery Meditation During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy on Reducing Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Up to 90% of patients still experience pain after abdominal surgery, which also affects their physical recovery and psychological anxiety. ⋯ Guided imagery meditation is a simple, non-invasive, non-pharmacologic intervention measure. It can reduce anxiety and postoperative pain, and improve the quality of sleep. Thus, it should be promoted in clinical practice.
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Pain intensity remains a primary focus clinically for sickle cell disease pain assessment despite the fact that pain quality and pain location and distribution are critical for clinical diagnosis and treatment of its etiology. However, in part because of measurement issues, scant evidence is available about pain location or its relationship to intensity and quality in adults with SCD. ⋯ Unknown is the explanation for pain-affected body surface area association with SCD pain quality but not pain intensity at outpatient and inpatient visits. Additional research is warranted to explore these findings and examine the clinical utility of pain-affected body surface area for chronic sickle cell disease pain and acute sickle cell disease crisis pain.
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Observational Study
Postoperative Pain Management and Patient Evaluations After Five Different Surgical Procedures. A Prospective Cohort Study.
Sufficient pain management is a necessity and can play an important role in patients' contentment. ⋯ The analgesic treatment varied between procedures and patients and a significant number of patients did not achieve "no worse than mild pain" (Numeric Rating Scale ≤3). A significant association between patient contentment and experience of severe pain, pain relief, and involvement in own pain treatment, was found.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Use of Virtual Reality for Reducing Pain and Anxiety After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of virtual reality on pain and anxiety in patients who had undergone laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. ⋯ Virtual reality can effectively reduce pain and anxiety in patients who have undergone laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in intensive care units.
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Children with cancer commonly experience severe symptoms. These may be managed by routine monitoring of their occurrence andseverity using a validated tool. ⋯ The simplified Chinese version of the TRSC-C was semantically and conceptually equivalent to the original version. Children between 8-18 years old can use this instrument to report symptoms and share their experiences about their disease and treatment.