Effectiveness of Guided Imagery Meditation in Patients With Laparoscopic Gallstone Surgery

the guided image meditation invention program of the intervention measures of this study include four important elements: 1) Meditation exercises: the exercises to adjust the body and mind through specific attention, so that people gradually feel the state of relaxation through practice; (2) Guided image: the simple visualization and use of mental images produced by imagination as a form of psychotherapy, images come from natural scenes (e.g., forests and mountains, streams and oceans), positive feelings and emotions are generated through psychological imagination to induce psychological and physiological relaxation state; (3) Music aids: reaching a relaxed state with comfortable and slow background music; (4) Breathing relaxation training: the patient is taught to take abdominal breathing to divert attention and stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system to achieve muscle relaxation. The entire intervention process takes about 15 to 20 minutes, 2 times a day.