| The Effect of Running Water Sound Listened to Patients During Urodynamics on Anxiety and Urodynamic Parameters |
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Yeliz Çulha1 
, Ezgi Seyhan Ak2
, Mehmet Gökhan Çulha3
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1Fundamentals of Nursing Department, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey
2Department of Surgical Nursing, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey
3Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Prof. Dr. Cemal Tascıoglu City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey |
Correspondence
Ezgi Seyhan Ak ,Email: ezgi.seyhanak@iuc.edu.tr
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Submitted: 8 May 2023; Accepted after revision: 25 July 2023. |
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| ABSTRACT |
Purpose
This study was conducted to determine the effect of listening to the sound of running water during urodynamics on the patient’s anxiety and parameters in the pressure-flow study.
Methods
The population of the study, which was planned in the nonrandomized experimental study design, consisted of patients who will undergo urodynamics in the Urology Department of a city hospital in Istanbul between September 2022 and January 2023, and the sample consisted of 60 patients, 30 of which were in the experimental group and 30 in the control group. During the pressure-flow study, the patients in the experimental group listened to the sound of running water from a smartphone, while the patients in the control group did not undergo any intervention during urodynamics. The level of anxiety in both groups before, during and after urodynamics was evaluated with the visual analogue scale. During the pressure-flow study, it was evaluated whether the patients emptied on command, and the maximum flow rate (Qmax) and the detrusor pressure at the maximum flow rate (PdetQmax) were measured. Bladder outlet obstruction index (PdetQmax–2Qmax) and bladder contractility index (Pdetqmax+5Qmax) were calculated using these values.
Results
During the pressure-flow study, in the experimental group patients who listened to the sound of running water from a smartphone; anxiety level mean scores during and after urodynamics were found to be statistically significantly lower than the control group patients (P < 0.001). The mean bladder contractility index score in the experimental group patients was statistically significantly higher than the control group patients (P < 0.001), and the cases of urinating with a catheter during the pressure-flow study were statistically significantly higher than the control group patients (P < 0.001).
Conclusions
Listening to the sound of running water during urodynamics had a positive effect on reducing anxiety in patients and micturating during pressure-flow study. |
| Keywords:
Urodynamics; Anxiety; Pressure-flow study; Micturition; Bladder contractility |
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