Chitra, B (2016) A study to assess the effectiveness of play therapy in reducing post-operative pain among children aged 2- 5 years who have undergone abdominal surgeries in Institute of child health and hospital for children, Chennai. Masters thesis, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, Chennai.
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Abstract
Need for the study: When I was posted in surgical post-operative ward, I found that children were crying most of the time out of pain and moreover routine pain assessment procedure is not being carried out by nurses In this situation, I observed that few children when they were provided with play materials by their parents, they stop crying and started to play with the given play toys. So I had an intention to assess the pain intensity in children who have undergone abdominal surgeries and evaluate the effectiveness of play therapy reducing the intensity of pain in those children and thus I suggested to select this topic for my research study Objectives: To assess the intensity of post-operative pain among children who have undergone abdominal surgeries before, during and after administering play therapy in experimental and control groups. To determine the effectiveness of play therapy on post-operative pain among children who have undergone abdominal surgeries in experimental and control groups. To determine the association in post-operative pain and play therapy among children who have undergone abdominal surgeries, regarding selected variables such as age, sex, educational status and physical parameters. METHODOLOGY Research approach - Quantitative research approach Study design - Quasi-experimental design. Study Setting - Post-operative ward and S.I.C.U at ICH Sampling technique - Convenient sampling technique. Sample size - 60 (30 experimental &30 control group) Data analysis - Data were analyzed with both descriptive and inferential statistical methods. MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY Discussion - After play therapy majority (70%) of the children in experimental group and control group revealed significant differences Recommendations - The similar study can be replicated with larger samples for better generalization. Conclusion - The investigator concludes that the play therapy was found to be effective for children who have undergone abdominal surgeries and there was significant association between play therapy and reduced perception of pain during post-operative period.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Play therapy ; Post-operative pain ; Children aged 2- 5 years ; Abdominal surgeries ; Child health. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Paediatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jun 2017 07:17 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Feb 2018 07:38 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/415 |
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