Kavipriya, S (2016) The effect of cryotherapy on arteriovenous fistula puncture pain among patients on hemodialysis in selected hospital at Trichy. Masters thesis, Thanthai Roever College of Nursing, Perambalur.
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Abstract
Hemodialysis impacts quality of life of patients with chronic kidney disease. Although Arteriovenous Fistula have the lowest complaints of apprehension and fear of painful needling. cutaneous stimulation referred to as peripheral technique , describes any form of stimulation of the skin with the goal of pain relief. OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of cryotherapy on ArterioVenous Fistula puncture pain among patients on hemodialysis . METHOD: True experimental posttest only control group design was adopted for this study. Sixty patients were recruited by simple random sampling method. Experimental group (n=30) received cryotherapy for 8 minutes in contralateral arm and Control group (n=30) no intervention. ArterioVenous Fistula puncture pain was assessed by numerical pain scale. RESULTS: The findings revealed that the post test mean score ArterioVenous Fistula puncture pain was 2.63 ± 1.27 in the experimental group and 7.06± significant at p<0.001. DISCUSSION: The study concluded that the level of ArterioVenous Fistula puncture pain among patients on hemodialysis was reduced after receiving cryotherapy.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cryotherapy; Arteriovenous Fistula Puncture Pain; Patients; Hemodialysis; Trichy |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Medical Surgical Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Aug 2017 10:01 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Aug 2017 10:01 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/2859 |
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