The Effects of SKT Meditation on Pain and Abdominal Distention in Patients Receiving Open Appendectomy
Keywords:
Meditation, Pain, Abdominal distention, Open appendectomyAbstract
Postoperative pain and abdominal distension often result in patients following an appendectomy. This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effects of SKT meditation on pain and abdominal distention in patients receiving open appendectomy. Thirty-four patients admitted to Yangtalad Hospital, Kalasin Province, were selected by simple random sampling, and placed in an experimental and a control group, each with 17 participants. The research instruments comprised 1) SKT meditation and 2) the data collection instruments, including a pain scale and an abdominal distention scale. Test-retest reliability for these scales was 0.89 and 0.87, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and Mann-Whitney U test.
The results showed that after the intervention, the experimental group had a significantly lower median pain score (Mdn = 1.00, IQR = 0.00) than before (Mdn = 6.00, IQR = 0.50) (z = -3.69, p < .05) and a significantly lower median abdominal distention score (Mdn = 5.00, IQR = 1.00) than before (Mdn = 13.00, IQR = 2.00) (z = -3.64, p < .05). Compared to the control group, the experimental group had a significantly lower median pain score after the intervention (Mdn = 1.00, IQR = 0.00) than the control group (Mdn = 3.00, IQR = 1.00) (z = -4.85, p < .05) and a significantly lower median abdominal distention score (Mdn = 5.00, IQR = 1.00) than the control group (Mdn = 8.00, IQR = 5.00) (z = -2.28, p < .05).
The study results indicate that SKT meditation therapy can reduce postoperative pain and abdominal distention in patients receiving an open appendectomy. Therefore, health personnel should consider incorporating it as an alternative approach to postoperative care for this patient group.
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