To assess the effectiveness of cryotherapy on pain level related to AV fistula puncture among haemodialysis patients at selected hospital of Kalaburagi
Soumya Vali and Vijaylaxmi A Honnakamble
The kidneys are highly efficient organs that eliminate waste and medicines from the body, regulate the body's fluid balance, secrete hormones to maintain blood pressure, and encourage the creation of red blood cells. They filter around 2 litres of fluid per day and return it to the bloodstream.
Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of cryotherapy on pain level related to AV fistula puncture among hemodialysis patients at selected hospital of Kalaburagi.
Methodology: A evaluative approach with quasi experimental two group pretest-posttest design was adopted for the study. The samples from the selected hospitals were selected using convenient sampling technique. The sample consisted of 60 patients undergoing hemodialysis (30 in each group). The tools used for data collection was Numerical pain scale.
Results: Among participants of experimental group, with regard to pre-test level of pain it shows that, maximum 22(73.3%) respondents were had moderate pain, 7(23.3%) respondents were had severe pain and remaining 1 (3.3%) respondents were had mild pain. During post-test maximum each 15 (50%) of respondents were had mild and moderate levels of pain. With regard control group to pre-test level of pain it shows that, maximum 17(56.7%) respondents were had moderate pain, 10(33.3%) respondents were had severe pain and remaining 3 (10%) respondents were had mild pain. During post-test maximum 16(53.3%) respondents were had moderate pain, 10(33.3%) respondents were had severe pain and remaining 4(13.3%) respondents were had mild pain. Experimental group, the statistical paired ‘t’ implies that the difference in the pretest and post-test value was found statistically significant at 5% level (p<0.05) with a paired ‘t’ value of 7.87. The control group he statistical paired ‘t’ implies that the difference in the pretest and post-test value was not found statistically significant at 5% level (p<0.05) with a paired ‘t’ value of 1.02.
Conclusion: The findings revealed that, level of pain among participants in both experimental groups during pretest was moderate to severe and is reduced as low in experimental group after cryotherapy and is remained same in control group.
Soumya Vali, Vijaylaxmi A Honnakamble. To assess the effectiveness of cryotherapy on pain level related to AV fistula puncture among haemodialysis patients at selected hospital of Kalaburagi. Int J Adv Res Nurs 2024;7(2):35-39. DOI: 10.33545/nursing.2024.v7.i2.A.399