Abstract:
This purpose of this quasi experimental study was to examine the effect of using information combined with guided imagery on comfort among post abdominal surgical patients. Forty subjects who met the inclusion criteria and were admitted for surgery at Vachira Phuket Hospital were included in the study. Twenty subjects each were in an experimental group or a control group. The subjects in each group were matched by gender and type of operation. The control group received conventional nursing care while the experimental group received information and guided imagery for three consecutive days. The research tools consisted of Information Combined with Guided Imagery Program and the Comfort scale. The reliability of the Comfort scale was acceptable, with a Cronbachs alpha of .82. T-test was used for analysis. The findings revealed higher comfort among post abdominal surgical patients in the experimental group than that of the control group (x-bar = 2.34, SD= .11 and x-bar = 2.74, SD= .12, t= -11.30, p<.05).