| Efficacy of guided imagery with relaxation for osteoarthritis symptoms and medication intake. | |
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PMID: 20207328 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Supporting safe self-management interventions for symptoms of osteoarthritis (OA) may reduce the personal and societal burden of this increasing health concern. Self-management interventions might be even more beneficial if symptom control were accompanied by decreased medication use, reducing cost and potential side effects. Guided imagery with relaxation (GIR) created especially for OA may be a useful self-management intervention, reducing both symptoms and medication use. A longitudinal randomized assignment experimental design was used to study the efficacy of GIR in reducing pain, improving mobility, and reducing medication use. Thirty older adults were randomly assigned to participate in the 4-month trial by using either GIR or a sham intervention, planned relaxation. Repeated-measures analysis of variance revealed that, compared with those who used the sham intervention, participants who used GIR had a significant reduction in pain from baseline to month 4 and significant improvement in mobility from baseline to month 2. Poisson technique indicated that, compared with those who used the sham intervention, participants who used GIR had a significant reduction in over-the-counter (OTC) medication use from baseline to month 4, prescribed analgesic use from baseline to month 4, and total medication (OTC, prescribed analgesic, and prescribed arthritis medication) use from baseline to month 2 and month 4. Results of this study support the efficacy of GIR in reducing symptoms, as well as in reducing medication use. Guided imagery with relaxation may be useful in the regimen of pain management for clinicians. |
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Authors:
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Carol L Baird; Matthew M Murawski; Jingwei Wu |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial Date: 2010-01-04 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses Volume: 11 ISSN: 1532-8635 ISO Abbreviation: Pain Manag Nurs Publication Date: 2010 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-03-08 Completed Date: 2010-06-08 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 100890606 Medline TA: Pain Manag Nurs Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 56-65 Citation Subset: IM; N |
Copyright Information:
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Copyright 2010 American Society for Pain Management Nursing. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Affiliation:
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Indiana University School of Nursing, 1111 Middle Drive, NU 421, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA. bairdc@iupui.edu |
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Aged Drug Utilization Female Humans Imagery (Psychotherapy)* Longitudinal Studies Male Middle Aged Mobility Limitation Osteoarthritis / drug therapy, therapy* Relaxation Therapy* Self Care |
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