Guided imagery relaxation therapy on preoperative anxiety: a randomized clinical trial

Objective to evaluate the effect of relaxation therapy with guided imagery on state anxiety and cortisol in the immediate preoperative period in patients submitted to bariatric surgery by videolaparoscopy. Method a randomized, triple-blind clinical trial in a large teaching hospital in the interi...

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Main Authors: Márcia Marques dos Santos Felix, Maria Beatriz Guimarães Ferreira, Lucas Felix de Oliveira, Elizabeth Barichello, Patricia da Silva Pires, Maria Helena Barbosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2018-11-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692018000100386&lng=en&tlng=en