Bahar Aslan
Inonu University, Turkey
Title: The effect of bioenergy on postoperative pain in patients who underwent abdominal surgery
Biography
Biography: Bahar Aslan
Abstract
Statement of the Problem: This research has been conducted to determine the effect of bioenergy on postoperative pain in
patients who underwent abdominal surgery.
Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: The study was conducted between December 2015 and December 2017 at Inonu
University, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, General Surgery Intensive Care Unit and Liver Transplant Institute Intensive Care
Units as a quasi-experimental research with control group in repeated measurements. The study population consisted of
patients who underwent abdominal surgery and were over the age of 18. After the power analysis, it was determined that 210
patients (105 experiments, 105 controls) should be taken in the sample group. Patients were selected by random sampling
method. Patient ıdentification form and visual analog scales were used for data collection. After applying patient ıdentification
form to the patients in the experimental group and determining pain levels with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), bioenergy
was applied for 10–15 minutes. Pain levels were reevaluated in 5th, 30th, 60th, 90th and 120th minutes with VAS. Data were
evaluated with number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Chi-square, independent group t test and variance analysis.
Findings: Before bioenergy, the experimental group’s pain level was 5.87±1.36. However, it decreased at the 5th, 30th and 60th
minutes after bioenergy. Although it increased again at 90th and 120th minutes, a lower level of pain (5.02±2.38) was detected
at 120th minute, compared with pre-bioenergy (p=0.000). Pain intensity in the control group was found to increase gradually
after 30th minute (p=0.185), even though it decreased at 5th minute after bioenergy.
Conclusion & Significance: Bioenergy was found to be effective in postoperative pain management in patients who have
undergone abdominal surgery.