Effect of Psychoneurobics (Meditation Technique) on Status of Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal Title: International Journal of Preventive, Curative & Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: Anxiety is a normal adaptive reaction to stress. Preoperative anxiety around cataract surgery affects a large proportion of patients, despite advances in technique and anesthesia administration. Thus, cancellation of cataract surgery due to anxiety is a challenge in the preoperative care of patients. Psychoneurobics is a meditation technique through complete involvement of mind, body and soul in which cosmic energy is inhaled through the power of mind and then transferred to the body’s neuro system. So the objective of the present study was to assess the effect of psychoneurobics on anxiety level of patients undergoing cataract surgery. Materials and Methods: A prospective randomized control study was carried out in a private eye hospital. One hundred patients undergoing cataract surgery were enrolled and randomized into two groups, namely, experimental group (receiving psychoneurobics and counseling both, n=50) and control group (receiving counseling only, n=50). Anxiety was measured using Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) preoperatively before and after the psychoneurobics and counseling. Result: In the study, during first assessment, done before psychoneurobics/counseling, anxiety level of experimental group was found higher than the control group. However, in second assessment (after intervention), experiment group receiving psychoneurobics showed a higher decrease in anxiety (APAIS score) than control group. This finding was statistically significant (7.74±2.15 vs. 12.2±2.64, p<0.001). Conclusion: Psychoneurobics, the mind-body intervention, was found to be effective in reducing the anxiety of patients undergoing cataract surgery. Clinical Trial Registration: CTRI/2018/04/012999
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Dr. Shubhra Agrawal Gupta,
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