Applied nursing research : ANR
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The major purpose of this study was to determine the types and intensity of sensations that patients experience when chest tubes (CTs) and Jackson-Pratt (JP) abdominal tubes are removed. A convenience sample of 62 hospitalized subjects, 31 with CTs and 31 with JP tubes, participated. Each subject was interviewed after tube removal. ⋯ Similar sensations were reported by both groups. Intensity of sensation was consistently higher in the JP group. The most frequently reported sensations were pain (77%) on JP tube removal and pulling (90%) upon CT removal.