Use of nonpharmacologic interventions for pain and anxiety after total hip and total knee arthroplasty.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare pain and anxiety in orthopaedic patients scheduled for elective total hip or knee arthroplasty who have received a kit of nonpharmacologic strategies for pain and anxiety in addition to their regularly prescribed analgesics to those who receive the usual pharmacologic management alone.

Design: Descriptive comparative and correlational design using surveys and chart audits.

Sample: Sixty-five patients randomized to receive usual care or usual care plus a kit of nonpharmacologic strategies.