Abstract
Patients who undergo abdominal surgery experience a phenomenon commonly called postoperative ileus (POI). Standard of care requires patients to get out of bed, sit in a chair, and begin ambulating the first postoperative day. No evidence supports standard care activities reduce POI duration. Rocking-chair motion has shown promise in reducing POI duration. Sixty-six participants were randomized into 2 groups. The experimental group (n = 34) received standard care plus the rocking-chair intervention; the control group (n = 32) received standard care. Participants in the experimental group had shorter duration of POI, no effect on medication use, and time to discharge.
Publication types
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Randomized Controlled Trial
MeSH terms
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Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
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Analysis of Variance
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Causality
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Chi-Square Distribution
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Clinical Nursing Research
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Early Ambulation / instrumentation
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Early Ambulation / methods*
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Early Ambulation / nursing
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Feasibility Studies
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Female
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Flatulence / etiology
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Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / surgery*
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Humans
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Interior Design and Furnishings*
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Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / etiology
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Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / prevention & control*
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Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Motion
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Pain, Postoperative / drug therapy
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Pain, Postoperative / etiology
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Postoperative Care / instrumentation
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Postoperative Care / methods*
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Postoperative Care / nursing
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Postoperative Complications / etiology
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Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*
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Statistics, Nonparametric
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Texas