background: severe abdominal pain is not common after laparoscopic surgeries, but acute or chronic pain after operation is considerable in some patients. post-operative pain control after laparoscopic surgeries, is conventionally achieved using analgesics such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) and narcotics, but their administration has a lot of side effects. this study compares...

conclusions listening to the relaxant music can reduce postoperative pain. it is suggested that relaxant music be used as a complementary method in patients in order to reduce prospective pain. results before intervention, the mean of pain intensity was 6.32 ± 0.21 and 6.10 ± 0.21 for experimental and control groups, respectively; and the difference was not significant (p = 0.21). after interve...

objectives: this study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of mindfulness based cognitive therapy (mbct) in management of pain and functional limits of chronic pain patients. methods & materials: in this semi-experimental study, 30 volunteer female patients suffering from chronic pain attending a clinical assessment for treatment of chronic pain were recruited using the convenience samplin...

background pain related to burn injuries is one of the most troublesome pain intensity. this study aimed to investigate the effect of massage on anticipatory anxiety, procedural pain intensity, vital signs and relaxation level of patients with burn injury. methods in this quasi-experimental study, through convenience sampling, 60 hospitalized adult burn patients were selected from a specialized...

background: chronic low back pain (clbp) is one of the most prevalent health problems which is affected by psychological disorders.the aim of this study was to evaluate the role of psychological intervention on chronic low back pain among a sample of iranian nurses.   methods and material: this is a randomized clinical trial. the participants of this study consisted of 84 nurses suffering from ...