NCT02236455

Effects of Complementary Therapies Delivered Via Mobile Technologies

Effects of Complementary Therapies Delivered Via Mobile Technologies on Surgical Patients' Reports of Anxiety, Pain, and Self-Efficacy in Healing: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial in Iceland

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 105 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of San Francisco · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of complementary therapies delivered via mobile technologies have a therapeutic effect on surgical patients' anxiety, pain, and self-efficacy in healing reports before, following, and at 10-day follow-up.

Detailed description

Patients scheduled for same-day surgery (SDS) often experience state anxiety, which may result in increased perceptions of pain and lower self-efficacy in healing. Complementary therapies (CT), such as relaxation technique, massage, guided imagery, and acupuncture have been shown to benefit patients undergoing surgery. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of audio relaxation technique (ART), music intervention (MI), nature video application with music (NVAM), and nature video application without music (NVA) delivered via mobile technologies on patients' state anxiety, pain perception, and perceived self-efficacy in healing. Methods A randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving 105 SDS patients, who were assigned to an ART (n = 25), MI (n = 25), NVAM (n = 15), NVA (n = 16), or a control group (n = 24) were assessed for state anxiety via the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), self-reported pain using the numeric rating scale (NRS), and self-efficacy with the general self-efficacy scale (GSE) four days prior to surgery, immediately prior and following the surgical intervention, and at day five post-operative.

Conditions

• Acute Pain
• Anxiety
• Self Efficacy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Audio Relaxation Technique	Audio relaxation technique created by an Icelandic Registered Nurse.
BEHAVIORAL	Medical Music Intervention	Audio recordings of non-lyrical relaxing music
BEHAVIORAL	Nature Therapy without Music	Nature videos of the mountains, desert, Icelandic scenery, and ocean were provided via iPads for surgical patients
BEHAVIORAL	Nature Therapy with Music	Nature videos of the mountains, forest, Icelandic landscape, and the ocean were provided via iPads for surgical patients

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-03-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2014-09-10
• Last updated: 2014-09-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iceland