Lancy, J.I (2012) Effectiveness of Aromatherapy Massage on Post Operative Pain and Anxiety among patients who had undergone Abdominal Surgeries from selected Hospital at Madurai. Masters thesis, Sacred Heart Nursing College, Madurai.
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Abstract
A study to evaluate the effectiveness of aromatherapy massage on post operative pain and anxiety among patient who underwent abdominal surgeries in selected hospital at Madurai.Quasi experimental pre test-post test comparison group design was done by using purposive sampling technique, among post operative patients who undergone major abdominal surgeries. 30 samples were received aromatherapy massage in experimental group and 30 samples who received routine carewere assigned in control group.The experimental group received aromatherapy massage for 30 minutes for 3 consecutive days. Numerical Rating Pain Scale was used to assess the pain perception, and Modified Sheehan’s Patient Rated Anxiety Scale was used to assess the anxiety level. Descriptive and Inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that, on 3rd day the mean post test pain perception of the experimental group (0.46) was lower than the control group (5.16). On 3rd day, the mean post test anxiety score of the experimental group (6.33) was lower than the control group (35.46).The obtained‘γ’ value for experimental group (0.278) was lower than the control group (0.308).The above findings imply that the aromatherapy massage has a significant positive relationship between pain and anxiety among post operative patients. There was no significant association between the level of pain perception with selected demographic variables (age, gender, educational status,marital status, religion, income and type of surgery). There was no significant association between the level of anxiety with selected demographic variables (age, gender,educational status, marital status,religion, income and type of surgery).So it can be concluded that aromatherapy massage is effective in reducing pain and anxiety among post operative patients. Based on the findings the researcher recommends, a similar study can be done on a longitudinal basis and phenomenological study can be done to assess the effectiveness of aromatherapy massage in reducing other variables like stress, depression, insomnia and post operative nausea and vomiting.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Aromatherapy Massage ; Post Operative ; Pain; Anxiety ; Abdominal ; Surgeries. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Medical Surgical Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Umamagheswari P |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jul 2017 10:21 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Feb 2018 09:01 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/2195 |
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