Effect of Cryotherapy on Pain Quality and Intensity among Patients with Thoracotomy after Chest Tube Removal | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 94, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2022, Pages 1236-1251 PDF (286.63 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.259178 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Emad A. Ahmed1; Sahar Y. Mohammad2; Dalia A. Abdelatief3; Asmaa S. Ali3 | ||
| 1Assistant lecturer of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Beni Sueif University, Egypt | ||
| 2Professor of Critical Care Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Egypt. | ||
| 3Assistant professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Chest tubes removal (CTR) described as one of the worst feeling for critical ill patients after thoracotomy. Unrelieved pain causes undesired consequences that had adverse effects on patient quality of care. CTR pain usually managed by analgesics, but patient showed different responses to drugs and might not provide complete relaxation.Aim: This study aims to assess the effect of cryotherapy on pain quality and intensity among patients with thoracotomy after chest tube removal. Methods: Quasi-experimental design (study & control) was utilized in this study. This study conducted in the cardio-thoracic critical care units at Cardiovascular and Thoracic Academy affiliated to Ain Sham University Hospital. A purposive sample of patients undergoing thoracotomy was included in this study. They were divided into control group and study group (70 patients in each group). Data were collected using three tools; a structured interviewing questionnaire, Standardized Linear Scale for Pain Assessment and Modified McGill Pain Questionnaire-Short Form (MPQ-SF).Results: The results reveals that 50%, 67.1% of the control and study group patients were in age group from 51-≥60 years. 62.9 and 81.4% of the control and study group were males. 42.9% of both groups were highly educated. A statistically significant differences were found between study and control group regarding pain quality immediately and after 30 minutes of cryotherapy applied after chest tube removal in terms of sensory and affective descriptors. Also, a highly significant difference was found between study and control groups regarding pain intensity immediately and 30 minutes after cryotherapy applied after chest tube removal. Conclusion: cryotherapy application was useful for improving pain quality and relieving intensity of pain among patients with thoracotomy after application of cryotherapy following chest tube removal. Recommendations: Encourage nurses in critical care settings to make decision about applying cryotherapy as a nonpharmacological modality for reliving chest tube removal pain | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Cryotherapy; Pain; Intensity; Quality; Chest Tube Removal; patients; Thoracotomy | ||
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