A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Moringa Oleifera Powder on Level of Pain and the Level of Activity among Clients with Osteoarthritis in Selected Community Area at Vellore District

Abstract

India is facing a grave public health; with the prevalence of Osteoarthritis is being greater than 40%. An experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of Moringa Oleifera powder on level of pain and the level of activity among Osteoarthritis clients. Quantitative evaluative approach was used for this study and the researcher adopted a Quasi- experimental research design. The sample size of the study was 60 Osteoarthritis clients in selected community area at Vellore, in which 30 were in experimental group and 30 were in control group. According to samples convenient and availability, convenient sampling technique was used to select the samples. The researcher adopted Imogene king‟s goal attainment theory as a conceptual framework. Eight different hypothesis were tested in this study. The Structured interview schedule was used to collect the demographic and clinical variables. KOOS scale was used to assess the level of pain and the level of activity. Experimental group received intervention of Moringa Oleifera powder for 21 days and control group advised to follow daily routine and no intervention was given. For both the groups, on 22nd day the researcher was conducted posttest by using same tool. The data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics in terms of frequency distribution, chi-square test. The study revealed that the mean posttest pain and activity score in experimental group was 20&17.37 respectively whereas in the control group, the mean posttest pain and activity score was 26.87&27.17. The mean difference was 6.07 &9.73. The obtained independent “t” value was 6.97 & 8.57 respectively, which is more than the table value (P<0.001) was highly significance. There is significant Association between levels of pain among Osteoarthritis clients Selected Demographic variable marital status in control group. No other demographic variables were shown any association with level of pain. The Frequency and percentage distribution of Osteoarthritis clients based on the level satisfaction in experimental group. In experimental group posttest, out of 30 samples 10(33.3%) were satisfied. majority 20(66.7%) were very satisfied. In experimental group, the obtained coefficient correlation pretest value was (r=-0.369, p=0.04*). This value was statistically highly significant at p<0.05 level. Even mild pain, there was increased activity difficulties. Hence it shows that there was Negative correlation between pre level of pain and the level of activity. The posttest value was (r=0.756, p<0.001***). This value was statistically highly significant at p<0.001.It shows that there was a positive correlation between post level of pain and the activity difficulties. The obtained coefficient correlation value in pretest of control group was (r=0.467 p=0.009) and posttest value was (r=0.461, P=0.01) respectively, which indicating that there was moderate positive correlation between level of pain and the level of activity difficulties in control group.