Date of Award
1997
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Freeman, Edward
Abstract
This study is a pilot concerning the relationship between acute pain management and biofeedback training. The population studied included patients from a local community hospital undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The study applied theories of the mind/body connection and stress frameworks for exploring the correlation between patients' hand temperatures and their reported levels of pain pre-operatively and post-operatively. Study findings indicated that there was significant within-subjects effect in hand temperature after biofeedback treatment across three points in time. But the study also found no difference between-subjects in hand temperature after biofeedback treatment across three points in time. Therefore, the sample proved to be heterogeneous. Further study was indicated with larger samples to demonstrate the analgesic effects of biofeedback in the management of acute pain.
Extent
92 p.
Recommended Citation
Angel, Laurie R., "exploratory study of biofeedback in reducing pain after thoracic surgery" (1997). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 1138.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/1138
Identifier
FADT15489
Comments
Thesis (M.S.N.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1997.|Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.N.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1997.