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Filter by:Nurses often experience elevated levels of stress, overwork, and trauma in the workplace, leading to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, burnout, and even nurse turnover. While effective therapies for PTSD exist, barriers to treatment arise from nursing culture, such as workplace stigma about mental health problems, fear that psychological status may impact performance evaluations, and demands of shiftwork. There is a pressing need for scalable evidence-based interventions tailored to nursing culture to effectively address PTSD and related mental health issues. The study aimed to assess the feasibility, safety, and acceptability of a tailored evidence-based treatment, Written Exposure Therapy (WET), for nurses experiencing work-related traumatic stress. This single-arm open pilot study with pre- and post-intervention assessments, included participants from two nursing schools' alumni. Eligibility criteria included nurses screening positive for work-related trauma with a report of at least two PTSD symptoms. Participants engaged in a self-administered, asynchronous, five-week online writing session, facilitated by WET-trained nurses. Outcomes measures (PTSD, depression, anxiety, burnout, and intention to quit) were assessed at baseline, post-intervention, and 5-weeks follow-up.
The postpartum period, especially in the first few weeks, can be a difficult period for mothers to adapt to the new situation of having a baby. During this process, physiological, psychological and social changes occur in the mother's body. While many mothers adapt to these changes easily, some mothers may experience psychological disorders at different levels.Among these, anxiety and depression are the most common diseases. Anxiety can negatively affect mothers, especially during birth and the postpartum period.During the postpartum period, nurses have the opportunity to improve maternal and infant health by recognizing and treating anxiety.Physical symptoms associated with postpartum anxiety include fatigue, irritability, difficulty concentrating, and sleep disturbances. However, during the vaginal birth process, mothers may feel tired in the early postpartum period, as the pregnant woman spends a lot of energy by staying hungry for a long time. When the literature was examined, it was determined that endorphin massage reduces back pain in pregnant women, reduces anxiety level in pregnant women, accelerates the involution process in the postpartum period, and has positive effects on postpartum depression.Similar to endorphin massage, it has been determined that back massage reduces back pain in the postpartum period and provides the mother with both physiological and psychological relief. In addition, no study has been found examining the effect of endorphin massage applied to postpartum women on anxiety levels and fatigue in the postpartum period. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effect of endorphin massage applied to postpartum women who gave birth vaginally on postpartum anxiety and fatigue levels.
Informed consent is the first step in every medical procedure. It is important for the patient to clearly understand how the procedure will be performed, what to expect from the process, and the possible complications. Any of the specified processes disruption may alter procedure satisfaction and treatment outcomes. Studies have reported that providing insufficient information before interventional procedures increases anxiety and the severity of pain during the procedure. In this study, alongside the standard procedures for obtaining oral and written consent, it is envisaged to augment patient comprehension and engagement by visually demonstrating the treatment areas and needle insertion points using a spinal model. Within the study framework, patients will be presented with both verbal and written informed consent, supplemented by visual aids utilizing a spinal model. The study aims to assess and compare the efficacy of this enhanced consent process in terms of patient understanding, procedural acceptance, and subsequent satisfaction levels.
The aim of this study was to detect and compare the effects of ShotBlocker® and Buzzy® methods on pain, anxiety, and satisfaction during the administration of Tetanus-Diphtheria vaccine to school-aged children. This study was an experimental randomized controlled trial. The sample was included 138 children in a family health centers aged 13 years who underwent Tetanus-Diphtheria vaccine. The participants were randomly assigned to ShotBlocker®, Buzzy®, and control groups. Each group included 46 children, of whom 23 were female and 23 were male. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and Visual Analog Scale were used to collect the data.
Research methods 1 Data collection and evaluation tools 1. The general data record sheet was self-designed by the research team, and the collected content included age, gender, BMI, occupation, general family status, economic situation, history of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, history of anxiety and depression, self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) score, blood pressure and heart rate before and after intervention, disease diagnosis and severity, etc. 2. The anxiety was self-scored using the VAS-A (0-10 points), with 0 point as no anxiety and 10 as severe anxiety. 3. Negative emotional intensity was scored using the subjective unit of disturbance scale (SUDS, 0-10 points), with 0 point as no and 10 points as severe. 4. Nursing satisfaction was scored by the self-designed questionnaire (1-5 points): 5 points, very satisfied; 4 points, relatively satisfied; 3 points, satisfied; 2 points, medium; 1 point, dissatisfied. 2 Intervention method of the control group The control group was given routine nursing. After entering the pre-anesthesia room, the patients were scored using the VAS-A, and those with VAS-A score ≥ 5 were considered to meet the inclusion criteria. After identity authentication, the preoperative precautions and reasons for waiting in the pre-anesthesia room were explained to the patients, and answers were provided to the questions raised by the patients. After routine nursing, VAS-A score was recorded, blood pressure and heart rate were monitored, and nursing satisfaction was inquired. The survey of patient satisfaction with nursing was completed before entering the operating room. 3 Intervention method of the experimental group 3.1 Researcher training Before intervention, 4 nurses were trained for 5 d by a nurse with EFT qualification certificate, 1 h per day. The training content included: theoretical knowledge of EFT, tapping techniques, etc. After training, two assessments were conducted. Only those who scored above 90 points in both assessments could participate in the study. 3.2 Operating instructions The acupoint diagram was distributed to the experimental group by nurses, and the essentials and precautions of acupoint tapping were explained. The nurses demonstrated and tapped the acupoints on the patients while explaining, and then instructed them to tap on their own until they were able to complete the task independently and proficiently. For patients with upper limb vein puncture, proper fixation and close observation were needed, and the flexible nature of the puncture needle that would not affect operations was explained to the patients to eliminate their concerns. 3.3 Intervention content After routine nursing, the patients received EFT intervention. In addition, subjective anxiety was scored, blood pressure and heart rate were monitored, and nursing satisfaction was surveyed after admission and intervention. The specific methods are as follows. 1. Preparation stage The patients with VAS-A score ≥ 5 meeting the inclusion criteria were in a comfortable position with eyes closed, and adopted breathing exercise to relax their whole body. The patients were guided to summarize the main current distresses, such as fear, tension, pain, surgical prognosis, economic burden, etc., name the caused negative emotions, and use the SUDS to evaluate the intensity of negative emotions. The patients were asked to recite silently the prompt "Although I am very ** (a negative emotional word) now, I still deeply and completely love and accept myself" while tapping. 2. Tapping stage The patients were guided to gently massage the sore points on both sides of the body (2-3 fingers below the midpoint of the clavicle) with their five fingers together in a clockwise direction, while silently reciting the prompt 3 times. Then, the patients were guided to close their index and middle fingers together and gently tap the Zanzhu, Tongziliao, Chengqi, Renzhong, Chengjiang, Shufu, Dabao and Baihui acupoints successively with their fingertips at 2-3 times/s and the force they can bear. The prompt was recited silently when tapping each acupoint. After 3-5 rounds of tapping, 3 deep breaths were taken to re-evaluate the intensity of negative emotions. 3. Feedback stage After tapping, the patients communicated with the nurses at least once about their evaluated negative emotional intensity score and whether the score was accepted. If the tapping effect was not obvious, the evaluation was conducted by nurses, and the patients were guided to massage the sore points while silently reciting the prompt 3 times. To relieve reverse psychological drive, tapping was continued until the intensity of negative emotions reduced.
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether conscious connected breathwork reduces symptoms of anxiety in people with mild to severe anxiety symptoms, as measured by the Zung Self Rating Anxiety Scale. The main questions aims to answer: 1. Does conscious connected breathwork reduce symptoms of anxiety? 2. Does an increased frequency of self-practice lead to even greater reductions of anxiety symptoms. there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare whether people doing the breathwork to see if [insert effects]. Participants will participate in 1, 90 minute breath workshop per week for 6 weeks. These sessions will be held on Zoom by 2 facilitators. Participants will also be given a 10 minute recording of a guided conscious connected breathwork session that they will be encouraged to complete daily.
The researchers gave midwifery students theoretical training on how to take heel blood on a newborn model. Students were asked to take heel blood on the model in the high-reality simulation environment and simulation room. The student's ability to take heel blood before and after taking heel blood in a high-reality simulation environment or on a newborn model in a simulation environment, satisfaction with learning, anxiety and self-efficacy levels were compared.
The research was conducted to evaluate the effects of three different non-pharmacological methods (playing a music video, buzzy application, listening to a music video + buzzy application) on the pain and anxiety levels of children in the 4-12 age group during vascular access. H0.1. Playing music (music video) during the vascular access procedure has no effect on children's pain and anxiety levels. H0.2. Applying buzzy during the vascular access procedure has no effect on children's pain and anxiety levels. H0.3. Listening to a music video + applying buzzy during the vascular access procedure has no effect on children's pain and anxiety levels.
Aim: This study was conducted to determine the efficacy of finger puppets, distraction cards and kaleidoscope for reducing anxiety in children undergoing day surgery. Methods: The study was conducted using the "pre-post test unmatched group model", one of the quasi-experimental methods. The study was conducted between April 2023 and January 2024 with children aged 6-12 years who were admitted to the pediatric clinic of a hospital for day surgery. A total of 85 children (including 20 children in the control group, 22 children in the finger puppet intervention group, 21 children in the distraction cards intervention group, and 22 children in the kaleidoscope intervention group) who were hospitalized in the pediatric clinic between April 2023 and January 2024 and who met the inclusion criteria were included in the study. Descriptive statistics, Mann Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis and regression analysis were used in the evaluation of the data.
It is known that posture is affected by various factors such as somatosensation, visual perception and cognition. In addition, it is also thought to affect conditions such as stress and anxiety through receptors. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between postural changes such as thoracic kyphosis, musculoskeletal problems, trunk position sense and anxiety in young individuals who were asymptomatic in terms of musculoskeletal problems.