Assessing the Effectiveness of Foot Reflexology on Anxiety of Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis in Tertiary Care Hospital, Karad, India
Chronic kind affliction (CKD) is a term used to characterize a constant misfortune of kind function. In renal misstep, skilled is a decrease in glomerular filtration rate. The number of fitness questions and different ailments concede possibility cause either form of renal defeat to happen. The Objectives concerning this study: (1) To evaluate the level of worry with exploratory and control groups of cases suffering hemodialysis. (2) To decide the influence of twelve inches/30.48 centimeters measured reflexology on tension with exploratory group of subjects withstanding hemodialysis. (3) To find the friendship ‘tween level of tension and picked sociodemographical variables with exploratory and control groups of subjects withstanding hemodialysis. The evaluative research approach was secondhand for this study, and the research design was a almost-exploratory design. The research was completed activity in the being apart whole of Krishna Hospital in Karad. The sample forms of 40 hemodialysis sufferers detached into two groups: 20 in the exploratory group and 20 in the control group. The sample was preferred utilizing a useful examining process. The exploratory group taken pad reflexology doubly a temporal length of event or entity’s existence for three weeks, accompanying each gathering enduring 20 record, when in fact the control group taken nursing home consistent care. The mean post-test tension score in the exploratory group was 16.6, while it was 22.55 in the control group, that was significantly greater. The t-test worth was 3.50, that was regarded expected meaningful at the p<0.001level. In the post-test, the principles showed a statistically meaningful distinctness in tension levels ‘tween the exploratory and control groups. According to the judgments of the study, paw reflexology was effective in lowering tension levels.
Author(s) Details:
Samir K. Choudhari,
Department of Nursing Sciences, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India.
Nutan Potdar,
Department of Nursing Sciences, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India.
Prabhuswami Hiremath,
Department of Nursing Sciences, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India.
Dhanraj Kharat,
Department of Nursing Sciences, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India.
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Keywords: Foot reflexology, hemodialysis, anxiety, hemodialysis patients