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American Journal of Advances in Nursing Research

Volume 11, Issue 2, 2024
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American Journal of Advances in Nursing Research
Issn
XXX-XXXX (Print), 2349 – 0691 (Online)
Frequency
bi-annual
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Abstract
Title
EFFECTIVENESS OF HYDROTHERAPY ON PAIN AMONG ARTHRITIS PATIENTS ATTENDING SELECTED COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT MADURAI
Author
S.Sarumathy, S.Rajamani, G.Selvarani, O.Selvarajan
Email
saruma.sethu@gmail.com
keyword
Hydrotherapy, arthritis, pain.
Abstract
To assess the level of pain among arthritis patients in both intervention and control group attending selected community health centre pudhur Madurai. To evaluate the effectiveness of Hydrotherapy on pain among arthritis patients attending selected community health centre pudhur Madurai. To associate the level of pain among arthritis patients attending selected community health centre pudhur .with their selected socio demographic variables. Quantitative approach True Experimental – pre test post test only design was used. 60 subjects were selected by consecutive sampling. Pre test was conducted. The hydrotherapy hot foot bath was given to arthritis patients of experimental group about 15-20 minutes. Arthritis patients of control group were not received the intervention. The post test was conducted after 6 weeks intervention. The findings revealed that there was a significant reduction of pain after intervention, which was confirmed by paired „t? test (t=10.33; p< 0.001) and unpaired „t? test (t=6.36; p< 0.001) level.The study concluded that hydrotherapy was effective on pain among arthritis patients.
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