ABSTRACT:
The experience of pain is complex, involving emotional and cognitive components. Pain is subjective and highly individualised. There are so many invasive and non invasive modalities to decrease pain intensity and has adverse effect. Study was conducted to identify the effect of two non pharmacological interventions in reduction of pain among clients with osteo arthritis. A quasi experimental design with two group consisting 60 patients with osteoarthritis were selected to determine the effectiveness acupressure and electrotherapy in relieving pain in selected hospitals in Kanyakumari district. For the clients in experimental group with osteoarthritis acupressure was given with the help of thumb and index finger on knee joint of the body to alleviate pain for 20 minutes and electrotherapy was applied in the knee joint for the control group for 20 minutes. Pre assessment was done on day 1 before the intervention for both the groups and post assessment was done on day 3 and day 5 using simple descriptive pain intensity scale prepared by the researcher. The result showed that clients in Experimental group receiving acupressure had significant reduction of pain than clients in control group receiving electrotherapy.
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A. Adlin Sujitha, C. Ajitha Retnam. A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Acupressure with that of Electro Therapy in Relieving pain among patients with Osteo Arthrits at selected Hospital, Kanyakumari District. International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management. 2024; 12(1):15-6. doi: 10.52711/2454-2652.2024.00004
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A. Adlin Sujitha, C. Ajitha Retnam. A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Acupressure with that of Electro Therapy in Relieving pain among patients with Osteo Arthrits at selected Hospital, Kanyakumari District. International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management. 2024; 12(1):15-6. doi: 10.52711/2454-2652.2024.00004 Available on: https://www.ijanm.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2024-12-1-4
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