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Effectiveness of massage therapy on the mood of patients after open-heart surgery
Sima Babaee1, Zahra Shafiei, Mohsen Mir Mohammad Sadeghi
1Department of Surgery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Insights
Massage therapy significantly improved mood in patients recovering from open-heart surgery. This complementary nursing intervention offers a low-cost, simple method to enhance patient well-being post-cardiac surgery.
Area of Science:
- Cardiovascular Surgery
- Nursing Interventions
- Psychological Well-being
Background:
- Cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of mortality, with heart surgery impacting patient quality of life.
- Post-open-heart surgery recovery often involves significant pain, anxiety, and depression.
- Nursing plays a crucial role in managing patients' physical and psychological needs during recovery.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the effectiveness of massage therapy on the mood of patients following open-heart surgery.
- To explore massage therapy as a complementary nursing intervention for improving postoperative mood.
Main Methods:
- A randomized controlled trial involving 72 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.
- The case group (n=36) received 20-minute Swedish massages for 4 consecutive days, 3-6 days post-surgery.
- The control group received routine care; mood was assessed using the POMS questionnaire before and after the intervention.
Main Results:
- Massage therapy led to a decrease in the overall mood rating of patients after open-heart surgery.
- The study demonstrated a positive impact of massage on patient mood, indicating improved psychological state.
Conclusions:
- Massage therapy is an effective nursing intervention for enhancing mood in patients post-open-heart surgery.
- The simplicity and low cost of massage therapy make it a viable complementary treatment alongside standard postoperative care and pharmacotherapy.
Background:
Cardiovascular diseases have the highest death rates in human society. Coronary artery disease is among the most important of these diseases. No treatment of cardiovascular disease has as much impact on the quality of life of the patients as the heart surgery. The recovery from heart surgery is associated with symptoms of pain and psychological distress. In the early recovery period, the patients will face moderate symptoms of anxiety and depression. In this regard, various measures of nursing, as complementary therapy practices have been performed to help the patients for overcoming the physical and psychological needs. One of these methods, in recent years has been the use of complementary and alternative therapies, particularly massage therapy, after heart surgery. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of massage therapy on the mood of patients after open-heart surgery in Isfahan Chamran Hospital during 2010-11.
Materials And Methods:
In this study 72 patients, who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery, were selected. They were randomly assigned to the two case and control groups. The patients of the case group (n = 36) received Swedish massage for 20 minutes in 4 sessions in 4 consecutive days, 3 to 6 days after the open-heart surgery. The patients in the control group received only the routine care. The mood questionnaire (POMS) which was used in this study has been completed the day before the start of the study and intervention and again after the last day of the intervention. SPSS software version 12 and descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used for data analysis.
Findings:
The comparison of study results showed that massage decreased the overall rating of the patients' mood after the surgery.
Conclusions:
The use of massage therapy as an effective nursing intervention can improve the patients' mood after open-heart surgery. Due to the low cost and simplicity of this method, it can perhaps be used as a complement to drug therapy and postoperative interventions used in these patients.
