Use of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation to Alleviate Thirst After Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Hsiu Ling Yang; Fu Chao Liu; Pei Kwei Tsay; An Hsun Chou; Chih Chung Lin; Huang Ping Yu; Hui Chuan Jao; Hsueh Erh Liu

doi:10.1016/j.jopan.2022.07.010

Use of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation to Alleviate Thirst After Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Hsiu Ling Yang, Fu Chao Liu, Pei Kwei Tsay, An Hsun Chou, Chih Chung Lin, Huang Ping Yu, Hui Chuan Jao, Hsueh Erh Liu^*

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Abstract

PURPOSE: This prospective study investigated the preventive effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for postoperative thirst.

DESIGN: This experimental study was conducted with the CONSORT checklist.

METHODS: A total of 105 surgical patients who received general anesthesia were recruited from a medical center. Each patient was randomly assigned to the experimental group (n = 53; 20 min of TENS) or the control group (n = 52; routine care). In each group, oral moisture wetness was measured at 1 min, 20 min, and 50 min post-surgery. Descriptive and inferential statistics (Chi-square test, t test, one-way ANOVA, and generalized estimating equation (GEE) regression analysis) were performed to assess the proposed relationships.

FINDINGS: The two groups showed similar characteristics at baseline. The oral moisture wetness was significantly higher in the experimental group than the control group at each post-surgery assessment time (all P < .001). The GEE results showed that patients in the experimental group reported more oral moisture wetness than patients in the control group.

CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated that TENS can reduce thirst reported by patients after general anesthesia. Thus, this method may have clinical applications for managing postoperative thirst.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	291-296
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing
Volume	38
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2022.07.010
State	Published - 04 2023

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Keywords

TENS
cholecystectomy
general anesthesia
oral moisture wetness
postoperative thirst
Prospective Studies
Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation/methods
Humans
Thirst

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