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Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the effects of bed side exercising on back pain and bleeding during absolute bed rest in patients who had received transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE). Methods: A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. A total 46 patients were sampled from a gastrointestinal unit of a urban general hospital in Seoul. The control group received 8 hours of bed rest and conservative care. The experimental group received 8 hours of bed rest and bed side exercising every one hour from the time having absolute bed rest for 3 hours after TACE. Results: The experimental group with bed side exercising experienced significantly less back pain compared to the control group. There was no significant difference in the incidence of bleeding complications between two groups. Conclusion: The results indicate that a bed side exercising is associated with a reduction of back pain and with no increased risk of bleeding complications in patients after TACE.

Abstract. This quasi-experimental study (IRB No KBC13130) attempted to understand the effect of lidocaine/prilocaine (EMLA) cream on pain and anxiety in adult patients before intravenous cannulation. The subjects were 58 adult patients aged 19 years and over who were hospitalized in the internal medicine unit and experienced intravenous cannulation using an 18-gauge needle. Data analyses involved Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test and Independent t-test using IBM SPSS Statistics 19.0. Subjects receiving or not receiving EMLA cream did not show statistically significant differences in the scores of trait anxiety before intravenous cannulation and state anxiety after intravenous cannulation. However, the mean score of pain in subjects receiving EMLA cream was significantly lower than the control group.