Effects of preoperative XXXX : a replication and expansion.

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This study was designed to test the effectiveness of brief relaxation training on @entity282 , replicating and extending a study of Flaherty and Fitzpatrick (1978). A two-group pre- and post-test experimental design was used to determine if vital signs, analgesic consumption, @entity148 , self-reported incisional @entity158 sensation and distress differ in postsurgical @entity1 who have or have not received relaxation training. Seventy-two adult, elective abdominal surgery @entity1 were randomly assigned to treatment groups. Subjects in both groups were visited on the eve of surgery. Experimental subjects were taught a relaxation technique. Equal time was spent with control subjects. Following surgery all subjects were observed during ambulation. Vital signs were measured pre- and postoperatively, as were self-report of @entity158 sensation and distress. Results showed that distress caused by @entity158 sensations was significantly lower for experimental subjects (F (1, 53) = 4.69, p = 0.03). Vital signs, analgesic consumption and self-reported @entity158 sensation were not altered by relaxation training. These findings only partially agree with those of Flaherty and Fitzpatrick. Additional analyses by type of surgery (cholecystectomy and hysterectomy) showed hysterectomy subjects reported less @entity158 sensation and distress and used less analgesics than cholecystectomy subjects.
