The Effects of Breathing Exercises on Patients Having Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Surgery

The aim of the study is to determine the effect of breathing exercises on patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy in terms of their level of anxiety, sleep, and recovery of quality after surgery. A randomized, controlled experimental research model was used in this work. This study was conducted in surgery clinic of a university hospital between December 2020 and May 2021. The research was completed with 58 patients in the experimental group and 57 patients in the control group. The mean Visual Analog Sleep Scale and state anxiety score of the patients in the control group was higher in the morning of the operation and on the 1st, 15th, and 30th days after the operation than that of the experimental group patients, and the difference was statistically significant (p < .05). The correlations between recovery quality, state anxiety, and sleep quality on the first postoperative day were significant at (p < .05) in the opposite direction.

Journal

CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH

Year

2023

Volume

32

Issue

4

Pages

805-814

ISSN

1054-7738

eISSN

1552-3799

DOI

10.1177/10547738231154130

WoS UID

WOS:000933843600001