Effects on Postoperative Salivary Cortisol of Relaxation/Music and Patient Teaching About Pain Management
Good M, Albert J, Arafah B, Anderson G, Wotman S, (deceased) D, Cong X, Lane D, Ahn S. Effects on Postoperative Salivary Cortisol of Relaxation/Music and Patient Teaching About Pain Management. Biological Research For Nursing 2012, 15: 318-329. PMID: 22472905, DOI: 10.1177/1099800411431301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient teachingPain managementPsychological stress of surgeryUsual carePost-hoc ANCOVAIntervention groupRM interventionsAbdominal surgery patientsDay 2Patients more susceptible to infectionReduced cortisol levelsPostoperative day 2Psychological stressInterventionStress of surgeryCompare groupsPainSalivary cortisolSusceptibility to infectionPostoperative painAbdominal surgeryPostoperative dayControl groupSurgery patientsANCOVA