Key result
Posture and relaxation training improves sleep quality and pain vs standard rehab after cardiac surgery.
Why the study?
Does a two-week posture and relaxation training program improve sleep quality, dyspnea, pain, and quality of life in patients undergoing cardiac surgery?
RCT (n=24)
randomly assigned
Does a two-week posture and relaxation training program improve sleep quality, dyspnea, pain, and quality of life in patients undergoing cardiac surgery?
A two-week posture and relaxation training program significantly improves sleep quality and reduces pain in the short-term after cardiac surgery.
Should not yet change post-cardiac surgery care; hypothesis-generating for adjunctive posture-relaxation training.
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Buket Akıncı (2016) conducted an RCT in cardiac surgery (n=24). posture and relaxation training program vs. standard postoperative rehabilitation program was evaluated on sleep quality, daytime sleepiness, dyspnea, pain, and quality of life. A two-week posture and relaxation training program resulted in statistically significant differences in sleep quality and pain scores compared to standard rehabilitation after cardiac surgery.
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