Exploring the pain: A groundbreaking study from Carmel Hospital reveals the power of positive communication

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A new and inspiring study conducted at the Carmel Medical Center, in collaboration with the University of Haifa and the Ziv Medical Center, reveals the amazing effect of positive communication on reducing patients' pain. The findings show that positive statements by medical teams during the administration of painkillers doubled the effectiveness of the treatment and significantly reduced the need for additional doses of painkillers.

Vared Cohen from Carmel and Prof. Traister from the University of Haifa at the international conference (photo: Carmel Hospital)

research process
The study, the first of its kind conducted in a real clinical setting, examined how this approach affects hospital patients. About 80 women at the Carmel Medical Center who underwent cesarean section and about 100 patients at the Ziv Medical Center in Safed who recovered from general surgeries were divided into two groups. One group was treated with normal clinical routine, while in the other group the nurses provided treatment accompanied by positive messages, such as: "This medicine is very effective for the type of pain you are experiencing, and I believe you will feel significant relief in a short time."

Impressive findings
The patients who heard the positive messages reported a more significant decrease in pain levels and a reduction in the need for additional medications, including morphine, compared to the group that was treated as usual. "Our findings highlight the inherent power of communication between the medical staff and patients as a tool to significantly improve the results of treatment," said Prof. Roy Traister from the University of Haifa, who directed the study.

Application of research results
Vared Cohen, the director of nurses in the maternal-newborn department at the Carmel Medical Center and the lead researcher, shared: "The findings are so natural and clear to me. Now, our task is to translate the research results into daily application and change the treatment policy." Ward, who published the research as part of her thesis, recently presented it at an international conference in Amsterdam and was highly praised.

Hope for the future of medicine
"This approach can change the face of medicine," concludes Vared Carmel along with the other researchers. "By adopting positive communication, at no additional cost, the effectiveness of pain management and other clinical conditions can be dramatically improved."

The Carmel Medical Center is proud to lead and be a partner in this innovative research and hopes that its results will inspire clinicians around the world.

Nursing director Vared Cohen in the maternity department (photo: Carmel Hospital)
Nursing director Vared Cohen in the maternity department (photo: Carmel Hospital)

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  1. Carmel Hospital is the last one that can boast about human relations. Watch "Shlomi the Rambling" on YouTube.
    I received two warning letters just because I wrote the truth.
    Shame on them!

  2. I thought this was long known. The power of placebo "medicine" and a variety of alternative treatments, including exorcism rituals and evil spirits. These, by themselves, are effective in about 30% of psychosomatic illness events.

  3. It's clear that explanations and beautiful sentences lower the pain threshold. When patients come to me, the first thing I ask them is how are you and what have you done this week for your soul. Orthopedists and pain doctors and patients can come to me to hear everything I think about pain medications.

  4. Communication is so fancy and elementary for humans. It is sad to discover that only now are we discovering the power of a respectful and natural humane attitude. becomes research. Be human beings before you "heal".

  5. I am very excited to hear about the research topic and its conclusions.
    As a nurse in my profession and in my soul, I never doubted that this is the exact and necessary way to treat people, in the field of pain and basically in any field.
    Being a patient hospitalized in a hospital, in a place where there is noise, commotion, lack of privacy and everything that comes from leaving the house, so important is a kind word, a smile, empathy, compassion, tenderness, personal treatment and attention to the person lying in bed,
    May he feel a soft hand, a kind and caring word,
    An explanation about the pain medications and all the medications.
    I wish that the nursing management, the heads of the departments would be able to make the staff behave like this and would be able to maintain and preserve the change every day and give feedback on the subject to the entire nursing staff.
    Thank you to all involved in the holy work,
    Nursing in its beauty and splendor.
    Hard work but rewards the soul of those involved in the profession.

  6. Positive communication of medical teams is necessary and appropriate, desirable and requested.
    No research is required to validate this need and charge to do. Simply, a human approach is required that is ethical, if you will, conscious. This, by the way, is not the destination to be reached, but the starting point of labor, from which to start any medical dialogue.

    • Not only positive communication and good thoughts ease pain. It's not new and there's no need for research for it. Simple logic.

      The most helpful thing is faith in God, who is above all doctors and everything is in His hands. We trust Him... and believe that He watches over us. Strong faith from love cures many medical and psychological problems.

  7. In contrast to the murderous "doctor" from Ichilov who hurt more than one trans woman...in addition she yelled at them and hurt them. This is what is happening here. And all this after she cut their heads and faces in a negligent operation

  8. Again research is funded on morphine, opiates and all kinds of harmful substances.
    Instead of returning to the natural medicine that has been in the prescription for many years - cannabis.

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