The relationship of anxiety and gastrointestinal function recovery after gynaecological surgery / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To analyze of the relationship between level of anxiety and depression before surgery and anus exhausting time for patients after gynecological abdominal surgery.Methods A descriptive study was conducted with a survey of 100 cases of patients with gynecological abdominal surgery where the level of anxiety and depression before surgery and post-anus exhausting time were analyzed to explore the correlation between them.Results In the 88 valid questionnaires,the incidences of stress and anxiety before surgery were respectively 38.64％(34/84) and 19.32％(17/88) and the average anus exhausting time after surgery was (44.55 ± 13.90) hours;the anus exhausting time of anxious patients was significantly longer than that of non-anxious patients [(48.35±12.84) hours vs.(42.50±14.13) hours,t=-2.12,P＜0.05] and bivariate Logistic regression analysis suggested that preoperative level of anxiety had a significant effect on anus exhausting time after surgery.Conclusions Stress,anxiety and other negative emotions can affect anus exhausting time after surgery and level of anxiety could be used as one predictor of the delay of anus exhausting time after surgery.

Effect of chewing gum on gastrointestinal function after laparoscopic abdominal surgery / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To observe the effect of chewing gum on EGG,blood motilin and anus exhausting after laparoscopic abdominal surgery. Methods 200 patients after laparoscopic cholecystectomy were randomly arranged into chewing gum group (Group G): to start chewing gum for 30 min at breakfast time on first day after operation, and also at lunch and dinner time, and stopped until the first anus exhausting, and the control group(Group C): no chewing gum. The time between endpoint of operation to first anus exhausting was recorded; blood motilin and electrogastrography (EGG)on the morning of 1,2,3 days postoperation after chewing gum was detected. Results The time between endpoint of operation to first anus exhausting was not significantly different between two groups, compared with the control group, blood motilin significantly improved on the first day and the second day,but there was no difference between two groups on 3rd day; EGG was no different in all three days between two groups. Conclusions Chewing gum doesn't improve bowel function after laparoscopic abdominal surgery.