Sangeetha, M (2019) A True Experimental study to Assess the Effectiveness of Hot Water Application with EPSOM Salt Versus Hot Water Application on the Level of Knee Joint Pain among Geriatrics in Selected Area at Palayakottai, Tirupur District. Masters thesis, Shivparvathi Mandradiar Institute of Health Sciences, College of Nursing, Palayakottai.
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Abstract
A True Experimental study to assess the effectiveness of hot water application with Epsom salt versus hot water application on the level of knee joint pain among geriatrics in selected area at Palayakottai, Tirupur District was done by 301727001 as a partial fulfilment of the requirement of the degree of Master of Science in Nursing at Shivparvathi Mandradiar Institute of Health Science, under the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, October – 2019. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Ageing is a natural process. Everyone must undergo this phase of life at their own time and pace. In the broader sense, ageing reflects all the changes taking place over the course of life. These changes start from birth to one grows, develops and attains maturity. To the young, ageing is exciting. Middle age is the time when people notice the age-related changes like greying of hair, wrinkled skin and a fair amount of physical decline. Even the healthiest, aesthetically fit cannot escape from these changes. Slow and steady physical impairment and functional disability are noticed because of the increased dependency in the period of old age. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the pre test and post test level of knee joint pain among geriatrics in Control group, Experimental Group 1 and Experimental Group 2. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of hot water application with Epsom salt on the level of knee joint pain among geriatrics in Experimental Group 1. 3. To evaluate the effectiveness of hot water application on the level of knee joint pain among geriatrics in Experimental Group 2. 4. To compare the effectiveness of hot water application with Epsom salt versus hot water application on the level of knee joint pain among geriatrics in Experimental Group 1 and Experimental Group 2. 5. To find the association between the post test level of knee joint pain and the selected demographic variables among geriatrics in Control Group, Experimental Group 1 and Experimental Group 2. HYPOTHESIS: The research hypothesis were formulated and tested as follows, H01 - There is no significant difference between the pre and post test level of knee joint pain among geriatrics in Control Group, Experimental Group 1 and Experimental Group 2. H02 - There is no significant difference between thepost test level of knee joint pain among geriatrics in Experimental Group 1 and Experimental Group 2. H03 - There is no significant association between the post-test level of knee joint pain and the selected demographic variables among geriatrics in Control Group, Experimental Group 1 and Experimental Group 2. The conceptual framework for the present study was derived from the Gate Control Theory designed by Ronald Melzack and Patrick David. The present study was a quantitative research approach and evaluative in nature. Independent variables of the study were hot water application with Epsom salt and hot water application and dependent variable was level of knee joint pain among geriatrics residing in Palayakottai. Numerical pain scale and the demographic variables were used to collect the data by structured interview schedule. The content validity of the tool was established by 6 experts in the field. Reliability was assessed by test retest method and the reliability r = 0.9 was found to be reliable for the numerical pain scale. Pilot study was done on 10 samples and found to be feasible and practical. The main study was conducted in Palayakottai at Tirupur. The data collected were manually analyzed, tabulated and interpreted and validated by the Bio-statistician. The study findings of the unpaired “t” value 8.3 (p<0.05) and 5.24 revealed that there was a significant reduction in level of knee joint pain after the hot water application with Epsom salt and hot water application. It was inferred that there was a significant reduction in the level of knee joint pain among geriatrics after hot water application with Epsom salt and hot water application. There was no significant association between the post test level of knee joint pain and the selected demographic variables in control group, experimental group1 and Experimental Group 2. The experimental group 1 overall pre test mean pain score was 4.4, SD 1 and post test mean pain score was 3.1 , SD 0.9 and the mean difference was 1.4. The obtained “t” value 8.3 (p<0.05) was significant. The experimental group 2 overall pre test mean pain score was 4.6, SD 1.24 and post test mean pain score was 3.5, SD 2 and the mean difference was 1.1. The obtained “t” value 5 (p<0.05) was significant. The study concluded that Hot water application is effective than the hot water application with Epsom salt to reduce the level of knee joint pain among geriatrics. CONCLUSION: Pain is a complex, multidimensional phenomenon. Pain prompts people to seek health care more often than any other problem. Knee joint pain is a common musculoskeletal disorder affecting 80% of people at some point in their lives. Main aim of undertaking this study was to relieve the clients from knee joint pain by hot water application with Epsom salt and to determine its effectiveness versus hot application. The study showed that there was a significant difference in the mean pain perception score of the elders with knee joint pain before and after hot water application with Epsom salt and hot water application. There was no significant association between the level of knee joint pain perception of the geriatrics with the selected demographic variables. The study concluded that Hot water application is effective than the hot water application with Epsom salt to reduce the knee joint pain among geriatrics. It is feasible and cost effective method in community setting and it can be used in the future for all the knee joint pain patients for health promotion.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Additional Information: | 301727001 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Effectiveness, Hot Water Application, EPSOM Salt, Knee Joint Pain, Geriatrics, Selected Area, Palayakottai, Tirupur District. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Community Health Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jan 2022 06:08 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jan 2022 06:08 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/18917 |
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