To Assess the Effectiveness of Foot Massage on Pain among Post Abdominal Surgery Patients in Selected Hospital

Abstract

Background: Post-operative pain can have a profound effect on patient recovery. An understanding of patient attitudes and concerns about post- operative pain is important for identifying ways health care professional can improve postoperative care. Although pain is a predictable part of the post-operative experience, inappropriate management of pain is common and can have profound implications. Unrelieved postoperative pain may result in clinical and psychological changes that increase morbidity and mortality as well as costs and the decreased quality of life. Objectives of the study: To assess the existing level of pain in experimental and control group among post abdominal surgery patients. To evaluate the effectiveness of foot massage on post abdominal surgery pain by use of numerical pain scale. To find out association between pre-test pain scores and demographic variables. Method: Conceptual framework of the study was based on Modified system of Lydia Hall’s care model. The study was conducted using Pre-Experimental One group pre-test post-test on a sample of 40 post abdominal surgery patients selected by purposive sampling technique admitted in surgical intensive care units Result: The Wilcoxon signed ranks test Z value significantly decreased during the post test on day 1 day 2 and day 3 when compared to the pre test values. Thus the intervention of foot massage was effective in decreasing the pain intensity of the post abdominal surgery patients at 0.01 level of significance thus H1 was accepted. Conclusion: The result of the study demonstrated that the foot massage has reduced the pain; thereby foot massage was effective on pain among on abdominal surgery patients.