Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2018
EFFECTIVENESS OF CUTANEOUS STIMULATION ON AV FISTULA PUNCTURE RELATED PAIN AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS IN A SELECTED HOSPITAL OF GUWAHATI, ASSAM.
Wegara R Marak, Prof Mrs Manashi Sengupta, Bethbhalin Mary Mukhim
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Arteriovenous (AV) fistula is puncturedfor accessing the blood stream for hemodialysis, which is avery painful procedure. A post–test–only control group study was undertaken among patients undergoing hemodialysis in down town Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India. Sixty eligible patients were randomly assigned. The experimental group (n=30) received cutaneous stimulation for 10 minutes before venipuncture, whereas the control group (n=30) received no intervention. Subjective pain after AV fistula puncture was scored using a numerical pain rating scale of 0–10. The mean pain score (4.3) of the control group was higher than the mean pain score (2.9) in the experimental group. The t–value for mean pain score (2.83) was found to be greater than the tabulated value (2.00) at p< 0.05. The pain score among patients in the control group was found to be associated with selected demographic variable viz. sex. Cutaneous stimulation is a simple, non–invasive technique of pain management
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Wegara R Marak, Prof (Mrs) Manashi Sengupta, Bethbhalin Mary Mukhim, EFFECTIVENESS OF CUTANEOUS STIMULATION ON AV FISTULA PUNCTURE RELATED PAIN AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS IN A SELECTED HOSPITAL OF GUWAHATI, ASSAM., PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-6 | June-2018
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Wegara R Marak, Prof (Mrs) Manashi Sengupta, Bethbhalin Mary Mukhim, EFFECTIVENESS OF CUTANEOUS STIMULATION ON AV FISTULA PUNCTURE RELATED PAIN AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS IN A SELECTED HOSPITAL OF GUWAHATI, ASSAM., PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-6 | June-2018