• Explore (NY) · Jan 2019

    Effect of Integrative Medicine Services on Pain for Hospitalized Patients at an Academic Health Center.

    • Stephanie D Clark, Brent A Bauer, Sairey Vitek, and Susanne M Cutshall.
    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States. Electronic address: clark.stephanie1@mayo.edu.
    • Explore (NY). 2019 Jan 1; 15 (1): 61-64.

    BackgroundPharmaceuticals such as opioids have routinely been prescribed for pain management. However, there has been an increasing epidemic of prescription opioid abuse, causing demand for nonpharmacologic complementary and integrative therapies for pain management.ObjectiveTo determine if integrative medicine services provided to inpatients could help reduce pain posttreatment. In addition, this study aimed to track total services requested and performed over the fourth quarter of 2017.Design, Setting, And ParticipantsThis prospective study analyzed documented integrative medicine services requested, indications for the requests, and pre- and posttreatment pain scores. A paired t test was used to determine significance. The study population was inpatients, from October 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017, at Mayo Clinic's Methodist and St. Mary's Hospitals in Rochester, Minnesota.ResultsDuring the study period, 1220 integrative services were provided with a majority being massage therapy (1,064; 87.2%), followed by acupuncture (112; 9.1%). Massage therapy and acupuncture were highly significant (P < 0.00) at reducing pain scores posttreatment to inpatients. Over one-third of patients fell asleep during their therapy service time.Conclusion And RelevanceIntegrative therapies are appropriate modalities to help alleviate pain and other symptoms for the inpatient population. Due to the effectiveness of these modalities, integrative therapies may be a complement to opioids prescribed for pain. In addition, with over one-third of the patients falling asleep during therapy, our results suggest that integrative therapies can promote a state of relaxation. Future studies are warranted to determine the impact of integrative medicine therapies on sleep deprivation and other common symptoms of hospitalized patients.Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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