title: The effect of watching funny and unfunny videos on post-surgical pain levels.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to describe pain intensity before and after watching funny and unfunny videos on post-surgical pain levels.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety patients were divided into three groups. Group A watched funny videos, Group B watched unfunny videos, Group C did not watch any videos. Pain assessment of the patients was carried out before (first), immediately after (second), and 30 min after (third) watching videos.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The first pain scoremean in Group A was 40.83 ± 22.62, in Group B was 37.46 ± 24.31, in Group C was 48.86 ± 24.06. The second pain scoremean in Group A was 32.93 ± 20.28, in Group B was 29.76 ± 20.26, in Group C was 48.96 ± 24.11. The third pain scoremean in Group A was 37.43 ± 23.07, in Group B was 36.80 ± 22.67, in Group C was 52.30 ± 23.97.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Watching funny or unfunny videos reduces the post-surgical pain level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Marmara University Institute of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: hyl_06_@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Hülya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elmali
authors.affiliation: Department of Fundamental Nursing, Ataturk University Faculty of Health Science, Erzurum, Turkey. Electronic address: reva@atauni.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Reva
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balci Akpinar
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D027641:Laughter Therapy; D008297:Male; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D014741:Video Recording
keywords: Funny-unfunny videos; Nursing; Orthopedic patients; Pain; Watching video