Lakshmi Priya, V (2012) A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Home Care Management and Remedial Practices on Knee Joint Pain among Elderly at Selected Communities in Coimbatore. Masters thesis, KMCH College of Nursing, Coimbatore.
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Abstract
The present study entitled “Assess the effectiveness of home care management and remedial practices on knee joint pain among elderly at selected communities in Coimbatore” was undertaken during the year 2011-2012 as a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Nursing at KMCH College of Nursing, Coimbatore. This is affiliated to The Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai. OBJECTIVE: Objectives were as follows, assess the level of knee joint pain among elderly, determine the effectiveness of home care management and remedial practices among elderly with knee joint pain, and associate the demographic variables with effectiveness of home care management and remedial practices among elderly with knee joint pain. DESIGN: True experimental pretest and post testcontrol group design. SETTING: Kalapattiand Veeriyampalayamunder the Sarkarsamakulam Primary Health Centre. SAMPLE: Elderly with the age group of 60-80 years. The sample size was 60, in which 30 were in control group and 30 were in experimental group. SAMPLING TECHNIQUE: Probability Systemic Random Sampling. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK: Titler, et al. (2004) Effectiveness model. DATA COLLECTION: Numerical Pain Intensity Scale was used to assess the level of pain among elderly. INTERVENTION: Hot water application, Oil massage, Exercise and Diet education was administered for 30 minutes with the period of 6 weeks. OUTCOME MEASURE: Level of knee joint pain was assessed through the Numerical Pain Intensity Scale. RESULTS: Samples for whom the interventions were applied, had shown significant reduction in pain perception than the samples for whom the interventions were not applied. This is proved by ‘t’ test (**p<0.01). It shows that the home care management and remedial practices were more effective in reducing the knee joint pain among elderly. CONCLUSION: The result supported that home care management and remedial practices was very suitable and practicable therapy of non pharmacological measures of reducing the knee joint pain among elderly.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Additional Information: | Reg. No. 30104431 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Effectiveness, Home Care Management, Remedial Practices, Knee Joint Pain, Elderly, Selected Communities, Coimbatore |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Community Health Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2020 17:00 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2020 17:00 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/12995 |
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