Effectiveness of Guided Imagery Meditation in Patients With Laparoscopic Gallstone Surgery
Gallstone
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Gallstone focused on measuring Guided imagery meditation, Gallstones
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- at least 20 years old, and diagnosed as having gallstones and had laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- conscious, can communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese; and have agreed to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- with hearing or vision severely impaired
- cognitive mental disorder, such as mental illness
- who are unwilling to participate in this study.
Sites / Locations
- National Yang-Ming University Hospital
- Taiwan: Ministry of Health and Welfare
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Guided Imagery Meditation
Usual care
the guided image meditation invention program of the intervention measures of this study include four important elements: 1) Meditation exercises: the exercises to adjust the body and mind through specific attention, so that people gradually feel the state of relaxation through practice; (2) Guided image: the simple visualization and use of mental images produced by imagination as a form of psychotherapy, images come from natural scenes (e.g., forests and mountains, streams and oceans), positive feelings and emotions are generated through psychological imagination to induce psychological and physiological relaxation state; (3) Music aids: reaching a relaxed state with comfortable and slow background music; (4) Breathing relaxation training: the patient is taught to take abdominal breathing to divert attention and stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system to achieve muscle relaxation. The entire intervention process takes about 15 to 20 minutes, 2 times a day.
usual care