Helen Hema Bai, G (2012) Effectiveness of infra red light therapy and warm water sitz bath on episiotomy wound healing status and level of pain perception among postnatal mothers in selected primary health centers at kanyakumari district. Masters thesis, Sri. K. Ramachandran Naidu College of Nursing, Sankarankovil.
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Abstract
A comparative study to assess the effectiveness of infra red light therapy and warm water sitz bath on episiotomy wound healing status and level of pain perception among postnatal mothers in selected primary health centers at kanyakumari district was conducted by Mrs.G.Helen Hema Bai in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of master of science in nursing at the Sri.K.Ramachandran Naidu college of nursing, under the Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R.Medical University. The objectives of the study were 1. To assess the level of episiotomy wound healing status and level of pain perception among postnatal mothers in Group A and B. 2. To find out the effectiveness of episiotomy wound healing status and level of pain perception among postnatal mothers in Group A and B. 3. To compare the pre and post test level of episiotomy wound healing status and level pain perception among postnatal mothers in Group A and B. 4. To correlate the post test level of episiotomy wound healing status and level of pain perception among postnatal mothers in Group A and B. 5. To associate the post test level of episiotomy wound healing status and level of pain perception among postnatal mothers in Group A and B with their selected demographic variables. The following hypotheses were set for the study, All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 levels. H1 There was a significant difference in the pre and post test level of episiotomy wound healing status and level of pain perception among postnatal mothers in Group A. H2 There was a significant difference in the pre and post test level of episiotomy wound healing status and level of pain perception among postnatal mothers in Group B. H3 There was a significant difference in the post test level of episiotomy wound healing status and level of pain perception among postnatal mothers in Group A and B. H4 There was a positive correlation between the post test level of episiotomy wound healing status and level of pain perception among postnatal mothers in Group A and B. H5 There was a significant association between the post test level of episiotomy wound healing status and level of pain perception among postnatal mothers in Group A and B with their selected demographic variables. The study was based on Modified Wiedenbach”s helping art of clinical nursing model. The study was conducted in Kannanoor and Chemparuthivilai primary health centers at Kanyakumari District. The design adopted for this study was two group pre and post test quasi experimental design to evaluate the effectiveness of infra red light therapy and warm water sitz bath on episiotomy wound healing status and level of pain perception among postnatal mothers. Purposive sampling technique was used and selected sixty postnatal mothers with episiotomy wound who were admitted in the primary health centers. Among that thirty samples were received Infra red light therapy (Group A) and thirty samples were received warm water sitz bath (Group B). The data collection tools were developed for generating the necessary data by using REEDA scale to assess the episiotomy wound healing status and modified visual analogue scale to assess the level of pain perception. The content validity of the tools was established by two medical experts and four nursing experts. The reliability of the tool (r=0.8) was established by inter-rater observer method. The instruments were found to be reliable. Pilot study was conducted to find out the feasibility of the study and to plan for data analysis. Data collection was done and the data obtained were analysis in terms of both descriptive and inferential statistics.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Infra Red Light Therapy; Warm Water Sitz Bath; Episiotomy Wound Healing Status; Level of Pain; Postnatal Mothers; Kanyakumari District |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Nov 2017 06:44 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Nov 2017 06:44 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/3992 |
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