Comparing Auditory and Visual Distractions for Reducing Pain Severity and Pain Anxiety in Older Outpatients with Burn: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Geriatrics

Mostafa Dahmardehei¹  Mojtaba Vaismoradi²  Nahid Rejeh³  Tahereh Bahrami³  Yaghob Moradipoor³  Majideh Heravi Karimooi³  Seyed Davood Tadrisi⁴ 

[1] Burn Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1449614535, Iran;Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, 8049 Bodø, Norway;Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahed University, Tehran 1865133191, Iran;Trauma Research Center, Faculty of Nursing, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1435916471, Iran;

关键词: anxiety;    burn;    distraction;    dressing change;    older people;    pain;   

DOI  :  10.3390/geriatrics7030054

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Pain and anxiety are major issues among older patients with burn injuries. Complementary medicine and non-pharmacological methods can relieve pain and anxiety in older people, but comparison of the effects of these methods needs further research. This study aimed to compare the effects of auditory and visual distractions on pain severity and pain anxiety in older outpatients referred to a burn clinic for dressing change. In this randomized controlled clinical trial, older men were randomly assigned to three groups as auditory distraction, visual distraction, and control (n = 45 in each group). The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and the Burn Specific Pain Anxiety Scale (BSPAS) were used to asses pain severity and pain anxiety before and immediately after the interventions, and after wound dressing. Reduction in pain severity and pain anxiety after visual distraction was reported. Auditory distraction only reduced pain anxiety. Therefore, visual distraction had a better effect on alleviating pain anxiety compared with auditory distraction. Visual distraction is suggested to be used during dressing changes for older outpatients with burn injuries in outpatient clinics in order to reduce their burn-related suffering and improve their collaboration with the therapeutic regimen.

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