Effectiveness of Art Therapy on Pain Perception among Post-Operative Patients in Orthopedic wards of Selected Hospitals, UAE
Priyalatha Muthu, Fatima Musabeh Khalifa Alghafli
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ABSTRACT
Art therapy the essence of psychotherapy enables to reduce patient’s
suffering from pain sensation by focusing the way the patient perceives the
current situation; pain relieved as well along the way. The aim of the study
was to assess the effectiveness of art therapy on pain perception among
postoperative orthopedic patients and to find association between pain
perception scores of postoperative patient with their selected demographic and
clinical variables.Pre-experimental research design among 50 orthopedic
post-operative selected using consecutive sampling technique. Demographic data,
clinical data and pain scores assessed using numeric pain scale before and
after the art therapy for three consecutive days. Majority (70%) of the
participants were males. About 62% were married and 42% had primary level
of education. Majority (32%) had road traffic accident and 28% meet with work
site injuries. On day-1 pre-art most of the patients (52%) experienced moderate
to severe pain (28%), on day-2 and day-3, they experienced mild (44%) to
moderate (42%) level of pain. After an hour of the art therapy, pain
assessment on day-1, the patients had mild (38%) to moderate (34%), while on
day-2, majority (72%) experienced mild pain and 26% had moderate pain. On
day-3, the pain was verbalized to be with mild (78%) to moderate (22%). Art
therapy was effective in reducing pain (p=0.000) Variables like age, gender,
educational level and nationality were noted to be significantly associated
with the pain scores along with diabetes, hypertension, and type of injury. Art
therapy is beneficial hence be utilized effectively by nurses to help alleviate
pain among post- operative orthopedic patients.
ABSTRACT
Art therapy the essence of psychotherapy enables to reduce patient’s
suffering from pain sensation by focusing the way the patient perceives the
current situation; pain relieved as well along the way. The aim of the study
was to assess the effectiveness of art therapy on pain perception among
postoperative orthopedic patients and to find association between pain
perception scores of postoperative patient with their selected demographic and
clinical variables.Pre-experimental research design among 50 orthopedic
post-operative selected using consecutive sampling technique. Demographic data,
clinical data and pain scores assessed using numeric pain scale before and
after the art therapy for three consecutive days. Majority (70%) of the
participants were males. About 62% were married and 42% had primary level
of education. Majority (32%) had road traffic accident and 28% meet with work
site injuries. On day-1 pre-art most of the patients (52%) experienced moderate
to severe pain (28%), on day-2 and day-3, they experienced mild (44%) to
moderate (42%) level of pain. After an hour of the art therapy, pain
assessment on day-1, the patients had mild (38%) to moderate (34%), while on
day-2, majority (72%) experienced mild pain and 26% had moderate pain. On
day-3, the pain was verbalized to be with mild (78%) to moderate (22%). Art
therapy was effective in reducing pain (p=0.000) Variables like age, gender,
educational level and nationality were noted to be significantly associated
with the pain scores along with diabetes, hypertension, and type of injury. Art
therapy is beneficial hence be utilized effectively by nurses to help alleviate
pain among post- operative orthopedic patients.