International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 1

A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Cryotherapy on level of pain among patient with Arthralgia in selected Orthopedic Hospital at Rajkot

1II Year M. Sc. Nursing, MSN, Shri Anand Institute of Nursing, Opp. Ghanteshwar Park, B/h Sainik Society, Jamnagar Road, Rajkot-360006

2Guide, M. Sc Nursing, MSN, Shri Anand Institute of Nursing, Opp. Ghanteshwar Park, B/h Sainik Society, Jamnagar Road, Rajkot-360006

3Principal, M. Sc Nursing, MSN, Shri Anand Institute of Nursing, Opp. Ghanteshwar Park, B/h Sainik Society, Jamnagar Road, Rajkot-360006

*Corresponding Author E-mail: hirentilala65@gmail.com

Online published on 24 February, 2020.

Abstract

The reduction of level of joint pain has an important role in enabling effectiveness of Cryotherapy as an independent intervention. The objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Cryotherapy on reduce level of Joint pain among working women. The research design adopted was Pre-experimental. The conceptual framework applied for this study was Wiendenbach theory. The study was conducted in Orthoplus hospital, Rajkot. The sample size was 40 as an intervention the Cryotherapy was administered for 7 days to each sample. The collected data were analyzed by using inferential statistical method. ANOVAs was used to evaluate the effectiveness of Cryotherapy on reduce level of Joint pain among patients admitted in orthopedic ward. The obtained ANOVAs value was 42.11. This showed significant at 0.001 level. Hence their findings of the study revealed that the Cryotherapy helps in reducing the levels of Joint pain among patients admitted in orthopedic ward with selected demographic variables.

Keywords

Assess, Effectiveness, Joint pain, Arthralgia, Orthopedic