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The Effect of Guided Imagery Technique on Anxiety, Pain, and Analgesic Use in Total Joint Arthroplasty Patients

NCT07194252 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 128

Last updated 2025-09-26

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Summary

This randomized controlled study will investigate the effects of guided imagery on preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain and analgesic consumption in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty. Conducted between September 2025 and June 2026 at a public hospital in Zonguldak, Turkey, the study will include patients scheduled for total joint arthroplasty following ethics committee approval. The intervention group will receive guided imagery twice preoperatively and once daily at 48 and 72 hours postoperatively. Outcomes will be assessed using the Surgical Anxiety Scale, surgery-specific anxiety scale, Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), and analgesic consumption tracking.

Conditions

  • Total Joint Arthroplasty

Interventions

OTHER

Guided imagery technique application

Intervention is a guided imagery technique designed for patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty. It will be administered in a total of 4 sessions: once daily on the day before surgery, twice daily on the day of surgery, and once daily on the 2nd and 3rd days after surgery, accompanied by imagery scenarios developed in accordance with the Compact Disc (CD) and literature developed by the Turkish Psychological Association. The study aims to examine its effects on surgical anxiety levels, postoperative pain intensity, and analgesic consumption. This approach is structured as a non-pharmacological method specific to surgical nursing practice and differs from previous similar studies in that it is applied in both the preoperative and postoperative periods using the same sample in the literature.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gülay YAZICI, Assoc. Prof. · Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-09-22
Primary Completion
2026-05-22
Completion
2026-06-22

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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