Priya, C (2015) Effectiveness of post mastectomy exercises on lymphedema and range of motion among patients undergone mastectomy. Masters thesis, Madha College of Nursing, Chennai.
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Abstract
Lymphedema is a main complication of post mastectomy patients and decreases range of motion of the upper extremity. It is essential to teach regarding the post mastectomy exercises to mastectomy patients to reduce complications. A Study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of post mastectomy exercise on reduction of lymphedema and improving range of motion among patients undergone mastectomy in Shanmuga hospitals, Salem. The objective of the study was to determine the effectiveness of post mastectomy exercises. The hypothesis formulated was there is significant association between the post mastectomy exercises on reducing lymphedema and improving range of motion among patients undergone mastectomy. The review of literature provides a strong foundation for the study. The research design used for this study was pre experimental one group pre test post test design with 30 samples who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples. The tool was taken from American Lymphology Association, Elvaru, - STJ Range of Motion and Range of Motion reliability. An inch tape and goniometer was used to assess the pre test and post test level of lymphedema and range of motion. Post mastectomy exercises were taught to the patients and instructed to perform 30 minutes morning and evening for 5 post operative days. The post test was conducted at the end of the 5th day by using same tool. The analysis revealed that the paired ‘t’ test value of lymphedema 18.231 was very highly significant at p < 0.0001 level. The paired ‘t’ value of shoulder flexion was 21.625, shoulder abduction was 24.920, shoulder internal and external rotation was 30.936, shoulder horizontal abduction was 16.773 very highly significant at p < 0.0001 level. The study findings revealed that the post mastectomy exercises reduced lymphedema and improved the range of motion among patients undergone mastectomy.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Additional Information: | Reg.No.301311152 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | post mastectomy exercises, lymphedema, range of motion, patients undergone mastectomy. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Medical Surgical Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2019 01:48 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2019 01:48 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/11714 |
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