Trial reportComplementary therapies in clinical practice2021
Effect of guided imagery on anxiety, muscle pain, and vital signs in patients with COVID-19: A randomized controlled trial.
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- The effectiveness of guided imagery on psychological outcomes and quality of life in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of psychosocial and behavioral interventions on depressive and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
- Non-Pharmacological Therapies for Post-Viral Syndromes, Including Long COVID: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Guiding future research on psychological interventions in people with COVID-19 and post COVID syndrome and comorbid emotional disorders based on a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Living through the psychological consequences of COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review of effective mitigating interventions.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- The effectiveness of psychological support interventions for those exposed to mass infectious disease outbreaks: a systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- The use of complementary and traditional medicine for the treatment of patients with COVID-19: A systematic review.Explore (New York, N.Y.)Pooled it
- Effects of mental health interventions among people hospitalized with COVID-19 infection: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.General hospital psychiatryPooled it
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- The effect of Guided imagery on perioperative anxiety in hospitalized adult patients: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Surgery in practice and science · 2024Review
- Home Hemodialysis Emerges as a Safe and Effective Option for Dialysis Patients amid COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of caring sciences · 2024Article
- NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) Induced Stevens Johnson Syndrome in a 50-year-old woman: A case study.Toxicology reports · 2024Article
- Liver enzymes as a predictor of mortality in patients with COVID-19? A cross-sectional study.Toxicology reports · 2024Article
- The effects of coadministration of curcumin and vitamin E on the reproductive system of diabetic male rats; An experimental study.Toxicology reports · 2023Article
- Relationship between serum lactate dehydrogenase levels and prognosis in patients infected with omicron and delta variants of COVID-19: A cross-sectional study.Toxicology reports · 2023Article
- Your smartphone could act as a pulse-oximeter and as a single-lead ECG.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Guided imagery for anxiety disorder: Therapeutic efficacy and changes in quality of life.Industrial psychiatry journal · 2023Article
- Surgical management on a rare type of vertical liner fracture of tibia: A case report study.International journal of surgery case reports · 2023Article
- Health anxiety and its association with perceived subjective workload in psychiatric nurses during the COVID-19 outbreak: a correlational study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundCOVID-19 can lead to anxiety due to its high mortality rate. Patients with COVID-19 may suffer from muscle pain. This study aimed to determine the effect of guided imagery on anxiety, muscle pain, and vital signs in patients with COVID-19.
methods110 patients with COVID-19 were recruited and randomly assigned to two control and intervention groups. Data were collected using the Spielberger Anxiety Inventory, the McGill Pain Questionnaire, and the Visual Analogue Scale. The intervention group received ten training sessions of guided imagery.
resultsThe results indicated a significant difference in the mean scores of state (t = -3.829, p < .001), trait anxiety (t = -2.946, p = .004), pain quality (t = -4.223, p < .001), pain intensity (t = -3.068, p = .003), and heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and oxygen saturation (p < .001) between the two groups after the intervention.
conclusionsGuided imagery as a cost-effective method of complementary medicine is recommended to manage anxiety and pain in patients with COVID-19.
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