Application of language intervention to alleviate the discomfort of patients during the colonoscopy process / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect of the language intervention to reduce patients′discomfort during a colonoscopy examination. Methods A total of 72 subjects who accepted a colonoscopy process in the Digestive Endoscopy Department of the Dalian Central Hospital from September 2014 to December 2015 were divided by random number table method into two groups, 38 for the control group and 34 for the observation group. The control group adopted routine nursing care, while the observation group adopted the language intervention besides the routine nursing care, in accordance with the implementation steps of language intervention for patients who accepted the colonoscopy examination, which means the four stages , the four positions and the four methods. The first stage the enteroscope entered the anus and arrived the rectum , applied the deep breathing with anal movement method . The second stage from the rectum to the sigmoid colon, used the induce distraction method. The third stage stimulated the patients′ excitement at the junctional area of descending colon and transverse colon (the spleen area). The fourth stage at the junctional area of transverse and ascending colon (the liver ares), used the continuous excitation method. In each stage, individualized language intervention and psychological nursing were given to every patient in the observation group. The cooperating effect of the two groups were evaluated. Results The frequency of pain, the pain scores,the frequency of pressing and the average insertion time of the control group respectively were (8.68 ± 0.83) times,(45.08 ± 6.66) points, (5.73±0.75) times,(372.26±31.77) s, while the observation group were (4.53±0.38) times,(17.07± 3.01) times,(2.05±0.38) times,(268.61±14.51) s, less than the control group ,the t value respectively were 3.81,27.17,3.51,4.66, and the difference was significant (P<0.01 or 0.05). Conclusions Using the language intervention nursing method can significantly relieve the patients′ nervous and anxiety during the procedure, ease the pain and discomfort, shorten the insertion time, improve the subjects′ experience during the colonoscopy examination, make the patients more coordinate with the examination and complete it successfully.