THE EFFECT OF RESPIRATORY EXERCISE ON PAIN, NAUSEA-VOMITING, RESPIRATORY PARAMETERS, AND ANXIETY IN LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY
Respiratory Exercise In Laparoscopic Surgery
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Laparoscopic surgery, breathing exercises, postoperative pain, anxiety, nausea-vomitingAbstract
This study aimed to investigate the effect of respiratory exercise on postoperative pain, nausea and vomiting, respiratory parameters, and anxiety in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery. The study was a randomised controlled experimental study. The sample consisted of 90 patients. Data were collected using the Information Form, Visual Comparison Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Scale, Nausea-Vomiting Assessment Form, and Respiratory Monitoring Form. Fisher's Exact test, Chi-square test, Student t-test, Mann-Whitney U-test, Paired Sample t-test, and repeated measures ANOVA test were used to analyze the data. In the intervention group, the decrease in pain, nausea, and state anxiety scores, as well as the increase in SpO2 value, measured at 0 and 24 hours postoperatively, were statistically significant. In intragroup comparisons, there was no statistically significant difference in respiratory rates between the intervention and control groups. Still, the difference between the mean pain scores and SpO2 values at 0 and 24 hours in the intervention group was found to be significant. It was found that the State Anxiety Scale score of the patients in the control group was significantly higher than that of the intervention group at the 24th postoperative hour. Postoperative respiratory exercise had a positive effect on pain, nausea and vomiting, respiratory parameters, and anxiety in laparoscopic surgery. It is recommended that patients should be encouraged to perform respiratory exercises more effectively in the early postoperative period.
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