Open AccessCold therapy and respiratory relaxation exercise on pain and anxiety related to chest tube removal: A clinical trial
Author(s) -
Zahra Sajedi-Monfared,
Zahra Rooddehghan,
Hamid Haghani,
Ali Reza Bakhshandeh,
Laya Sajedi Monfared
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research.
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.409
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2228-5504
pISSN - 1735-9066
DOI - 10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_228_19
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , randomized controlled trial , physical therapy , analysis of variance , anesthesia , chest pain , mann–whitney u test , chest tube , statistical significance , relaxation (psychology) , exact test , surgery , pneumothorax , psychiatry
Current strategies to control pain and anxiety of chest tube removal are not efficacious. The aim of this study is to determine the effects of cold therapy and respiratory relaxation exercise on pain and anxiety of chest tube removal.