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Author Affiliations: Department of Radiotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. (Dr Babadağ Savaş); Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Faculty of Health Science (Dr Balcı Alparslan), Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine (Dr Çolak), and Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, School of Medicine (Mrs Orlu [retired] and Dr Korkmaz), Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Published: May 2024
Humor can contribute to nursing practices for relieving pain and anxiety in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) during intravenous (IV) biologic treatment. This study used a prospective, randomized controlled study design to investigate the effect of humor on pain and state anxiety in patients with RA receiving IV infusion therapy. Two sample groups were formed: the intervention group (watching a comedy movie) (n = 18) and the control group (usual care) (n = 18). Both groups received IV biologic therapy. A significant difference was found between the groups' pain mean scores, but the effect size was small (P < .001, η² = 0.032). The mean visual analog scale scores decreased in both groups after the treatment; however, it decreased more in the intervention group (P < .001, Md = 2.44) than in the control group (P = .017, Md = 0.83). No significant difference was found between the groups' mean state anxiety scores, and the effect size was irrelevant (P > .05, η² = 0.001). There was a significant decrease in the anxiety levels of both groups (P < .001). During IV biologic infusion therapy, watching comedy movies is recommended as a nursing care intervention for reducing pain in patients with RA in cooperation with other health professionals.
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