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Effectiveness of Guided Imagery Meditation in Patients With Laparoscopic Gallstone Surgery

NCT04390828 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 68

Last updated 2023-03-24

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Summary

Guided image meditation has been shown to alter the functional circuits of the brain to alleviate pain by mediating breathing and thoughts. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate whether the intervention with guided image meditation after laparoscopic cholecystectomy can effectively alleviate postoperative pain, reduce anxiety, promote sleep quality, and increase pain control satisfaction for the patients with gallstones.

Conditions

  • Gallstone

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Guided Imagery Meditation

the guided image meditation invention program of the intervention measures of this study include four important elements: 1) Meditation exercises: the exercises to adjust the body and mind through specific attention, so that people gradually feel the state of relaxation through practice; (2) Guided image: the simple visualization and use of mental images produced by imagination as a form of psychotherapy, images come from natural scenes (e.g., forests and mountains, streams and oceans), positive feelings and emotions are generated through psychological imagination to induce psychological and physiological relaxation state; (3) Music aids: reaching a relaxed state with comfortable and slow background music; (4) Breathing relaxation training: the patient is taught to take abdominal breathing to divert attention and stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system to achieve muscle relaxation. The entire intervention process takes about 15 to 20 minutes, 2 times a day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yi-Ju Lu · National Yang-Ming Unerversity Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-10-25
Primary Completion
2020-10-25
Completion
2022-07-03

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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