Detail Cantuman

ABSTRACT
Introduction: Affirmation - tapping interventions have been shown to reduce pain
complaints in post-operative patients completing conventional treatment. This is
thought to be due to serotonin performance but clinical studies have not been
conducted. The aim was to compare the mean perception of the pain reported by
post-operative patients given affirmation- tapping treatment with another
treatment as a complementary nursing intervention. This was to see if the
performance of the serotonin serum level is different from in other treatments.
Methods: We used a randomized post-test only control group design carried out in
parallel in post-caesarean section patients. The sample totaled 40 patients divided
into four groups (10 in affirmation, 10 in tapping, 10 in affirmation-tapping and 10
in the control). They were obtained through simple random sampling. The
instruments included affirmation-tapping guidelines, Elisa kits and the McGill -
Melzack Pain Questionnaire short-form (MPQsf). The independent variable was the
intervention of affirmation-tapping and the dependent variables were pain
perception and serotonin level. The data was analyzed using simple linear
regression.
Results: The average variant of the serotonin levels in the affirmation-tapping
treatment group was higher and thus differed significantly from the other groups.
Conclusion: Affirmation-tapping as a complementary nursing intervention can
increase the serotonin serum levels of the post-caesarean section patients by
complementing conventional treatments. Participant pain complaints were lowest
in the affirmation-tapping group with the highest serotonin levels present and these
were significantly different to the other groups. Affirmation – tapping was
recommended as a complementary intervention in nursing post-operative patients
that complements conventional treatment.