Effects of Relaxation Therapy on Laboratory Pain

Kim, Hyun Sook; Eom, Mi Ran

doi:1998.7.2.344

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Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 1998;7(2):344-351.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.1998.7.2.344 Published online December 31, 1998.

Effects of Relaxation Therapy on Laboratory Pain

Hyun Sook Kim¹, Mi Ran Eom²

¹Department of Nursing, Seoul Health College
²Department of Nursing, Eulji Medical College

이완요법이 실험통증에 미치는 영향

김현숙¹, 엄미란²

¹서울보건대학간호과
²을지의과대학간호학과

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify how relaxation therapy affects physiological and subjec tive responses related to laboratory pain. Twelve female nursing students were con veniently selected those who agreed to the ex):)eriment and have no physical problem. The research method was to measure physiological change and subjective intensity of pain before and after apply ing relaxation while laboratory pain(cold pressor) was present. The instruments used for this study are follows. EKG monitoring was used for measuring their heart rate and blood pressure among the responses of the autonomic nerve system, Visual Analogy Scale (VAS ) for subjective evaluation, and a stopwatch was used for the cold pressor pain threshold (the time from immersion to first pain sen sat ion) and tolerance (the time from immersion to withdrawal of the arm from cold water).VAS was linear, horizontal, and 10()nim long. The extremes were **no pain at all(Omm)" and “maximum pain you can imagine(100mm)”. The colkicted data were analyzed descriptive stat istics and paired t-test by using SPSS PC The results of this study are as follows : 1) The mean of tolerance time(179.83± 167.3($sec) after relaxation therapy was significantly longer than that of before(118.60± 118.09sec) (t = -2.59, P=.025). The mean of threshold time after relaxation ther apy was longer than that of before, but the stat islical differences were not significantly shown. 2) While the subjects reported cold pressor pain threshold, the mean of heart rate (78.()8 ±9.30/ min) after relaxation decreased significantly than that of before (83.83zt7.7K/min) (t = 3.07, p ~ .011). 3) The changes of blood pressure between before and after relaxation were n：)t significantly shown. 1) Aft er applying the relaxation, degree of pain dur ing the cold pressor by usii.g a VAS decreased than that of before, but the statistical differences were not significantly shown. In conclusion, by applying the relaxation therapy, heart rate was more stable, the degree of ))ain decreased, and the subjects : an tolerate pai::tul situation

Key Words: Relaxation; Laboratory pain

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