Orthopaedic nursing
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Orthopaedic nursing · May 2005
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialUse of nonpharmacologic interventions for pain and anxiety after total hip and total knee arthroplasty.
The purpose of this study was to compare pain and anxiety in orthopaedic patients scheduled for elective total hip or knee arthroplasty who have received a kit of nonpharmacologic strategies for pain and anxiety in addition to their regularly prescribed analgesics to those who receive the usual pharmacologic management alone. ⋯ Providing a kit of nonpharmacologic strategies can increase the use of these methods for postoperative pain and anxiety and decrease the amount of opioid taken. The influence of coping strategies in acute postoperative pain needs to be examined further.