Laproscopy Patients who Listened to Guided Imagery or Music Experienced Positive Effects
A newly published study from Perioperative Services at Concord Hospital in New Hampshire of 84 patients undergoing gynecologic laparoscopy that looked at the effects of two interventions - guided imagery and music - on post-operative pain, nausea and vomiting (PONV) and length of stay (LOS), showed that patients in both the guided imagery and music groups had significantly less pain on PACU discharge to home than controls. The audio recordings used in the study were from Health Journeys.
During the perioperative period, patients were randomly assigned to one of 3 interventions: guided imagery audiotapes (GI), music audiotapes (MU), or standard care (C), and outcome measures were evaluated.
The investigators posit that both guided imagery and music are effective strategies in improving pain, a difference that becomes apparent when the patient is ready to be discharged, perhaps because these interventions act as distractions in reducing the report of negative postoperative outcomes.
Citation: Laurion S, Fetzer SJ. The effect of two nursing interventions on the postoperative outcomes of gynecologic laparoscopic patients. Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing, 2003. Aug;18 (4):pp.254-61.
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