Dilek Talhaoğlu, Gökçe Demir, Sevda Uzun
In this systematic review and meta-analysis, guided imagery was found to be biopsychosocially effective on adult intensive care unit patients and positively affected their general well-being (SMD: 0.557; 95) % CI: 0.174 to 0.940; Z = 2.853, p = 0.004, I2= 67.04%) CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated that guided imagery can play an important and biopsychosocially beneficial role in adult intensive care patients.
AIM: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to quantitatively evaluate the specific biopsychosocial effects of guided imagery-specifically focusing on pain, anxiety, depression, and general well-being-in adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients to address this critical gap in the literature.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A comprehensive literature search was conducted covering publications up to December 2025 across PubMed, Web of Science, EBSCOhost, Google Scholar, and the YÖK Thesis Center databases. After the review, 8 studies were included in the study. Data were synthesized by meta-analysis and narrative methods.
RESULTS: In this systematic review and meta-analysis, guided imagery was found to be biopsychosocially effective on adult intensive care unit patients and positively affected their general well-being (SMD: 0.557; 95) % CI: 0.174 to 0.940; Z = 2.853, p = 0.004, I2= 67.04%) CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated that guided imagery can play an important and biopsychosocially beneficial role in adult intensive care patients.