Catherin Jiji, S (2012) An Experimental study to Assess the Effectiveness of Pelvic Rocking Exercise on Dysmenorrhoea among Adolescent Girls Aged 15-20 years residing in Selected Villages at Kanyakumari district. Masters thesis, Sri. K. Ramachandran Naidu College of Nursing, Sankarankovil.
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Abstract
“An experimental study to assess the effectiveness of pelvic rocking exercise on dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls aged 15-20 years residing in selected villages at Kanyakumari district” was conducted by Mrs.S.Catherin jiji in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of master of science in nursing at Sri.K.Ramachandran Naidu College of Nursing, under the Tamilnadu Dr.M.G,R. Medical University, Chennai during the year of April 2012. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the pre test level of dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls in experimental and control group. 2. To find out the effectiveness of pelvic rocking exercise on reduction of dysmenorrhoea among the adolescent girls in experimental and control group. 3. To compare the pre and post-test level of dysmenorrhoea among the adolescent girls in experimental group. 4. To associate the post test level of dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls with selected demographic variables in experimental group. 5. To associate the post test level of dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls with selected demographic variables in control group. HYPOTHESES: All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. H1: Mean post-test level of dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls in experimental group was significantly lower than the mean post- test level of dysmenorrhoea among the adolescent girls in control group. H2: Mean post - test level of dysmenorrhoea among the adolescent girls in experimental group was significantly lower than the mean pre- test level of dysmenorrhoea. H3: There was a significant association in the post test level of dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls with selected demographic variables in experimental group. H4: There was a significant association in the post test level of dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls with selected demographic variables in control group. The study was based on Modified wiedenbach’s helping art of clinical nursing model. The quantitative approach was used. The study was conducted in Murungavilai village and Kattukuzhivilai village at Kanyakumari district. The design adopted for the study was true experimental pre and post- test control group design. Simple random sampling technique was adopted for this study. The data collection tools developed for generating the demographic data of the samples which consists of age, age at menarche, family income, religion. The Numerical rating pain scale was used to assess the level of dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls. The tool was validated by six clinical experts consisting of three nursing experts and two medical experts and the reliability of the tool was established by Dr.Erica jaques. The instrument was found to be reliable. Pilot study was conducted in Periyatharaivilai village and Vagavilai village to find out the feasibility of the study and to plan for data analysis. Data was collected in Murungavilai village and kattukuzhivilai village at kanyakumari district. Sixty adolescent girls were selected by simple random sampling technique method. The data related demographic variables were collected from the samples. The samples were scattered in two areas. The adolescent girls of the experimental group were residing at Murungavilai village and the adolescent girls of the control group were residing at kattukuzhivilai village. Numerical rating pain scale was used to assess the pre-test level of dysmenorrhoea. Experimental group received pelvic rocking exercise for 3 weeks were as the control group did not. Post-test level of dysmenorrhoea was assessed by using same numerical scale. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY: ❖ The mean post-test level of dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls in experimental group was significantly lower than the mean post- test level of dysmenorrhoea among the adolescent girls in control group (t=5.03,p<0.05). ❖ The mean post - test level of dysmenorrhoea among the adolescent girls in experimental group was significantly lower than the mean pre- test level of Dysmenorrhoea (t=5.61,p<0.05) . ❖ There was no significant association between the post test level of dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls in experimental and control group with their selected demographic variables. FINDINGS OF THE STUDY: The study recommends the following future research. 1. Similar kind of study can be conducted to a large group to generalize the findings. 2. A comparative study can be done to determine the effect of pelvic rocking exercise and pharmacological management in reduction of dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls. 3. A descriptive study to assess the prevalence of dysmenorrhea among the urban and rural community of selected district in Tamil Nadu. 4. A study to assess the pharmacologic management and home remedies for dysmenorrhea. 5. The effectiveness of pelvic rocking exercise can be tested for other conditions like low back pain and incontinence of urine. 6. A study can be conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude of nurses on pharmacological management and other physical activities for reduction of dysmenorrhea in adolescent girls. RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. The nurse educates the community regarding the techniques of pelvic rocking exercise among adolescent girls. 2. Conduct in-service education program and continuing education program for effective anagement in reducing the level of dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls. 3. Ensure and conduct workshops, conferences, seminars on nonpharmacological methods to reduce the level of dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls. 4. The research findings need to be publishing through conferences, seminars and publishing in nursing journal to the nursing staff. 5. The research findings help to building and strengthening the knowledge about the effects of pelvic rocking exercise to reduce the level of dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls. CONCLUSION: From the result of the study, it was concluded that rendering pelvic rocking exercise to the adolescent girls was effective in reduction of dysmenorrhoea. Therefore the investigator felt that, more importance should be given for pelvic rocking exercise to reduce dysmenorrhoea among the adolescent girls.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Effectiveness, Pelvic Rocking Exercise, Dysmenorrhoea, Adolescent Girls Aged 15-20 years, Selected Villages, Kanyakumari District. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Community Health Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Aug 2020 13:15 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Aug 2020 13:15 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/13022 |
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