A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HOT WATER COMPRESS WITH EPSOM SALT AMONG ELDERLY WOMEN WITH KNEE JOINT PAIN RESIDING AT SELECTED AREA

Abstract: Pain is a complex, multidimensional phenomenon. Everyone has experienced some types or degrees of pain. Pain prompts people to seek health care more often than any other problem. Pain is a leading cause of disability. As the average life span increases more people have chronic diseases in which pain is a chronic symptom. Joint pain is a chronic, progressive process in which new tissue is produced in response to joint insults and cartilage deterioration. The most common pain during the elderly people with joint knee pain and its occurs more commonly in women than in men. It accounts for substantial disability as a result of its effect on the large weight bearing joints and the spine. METHOD A Pre-Experimental One group pre test post test Design was used to assess the effectiveness of hot water compress with Epsom salt among Elderly Women with knee joint pain residing at selected area. After obtaining permission various department and people, the investigator selected 100 samples by using purposive sampling technique. The samples who met the inclusion criteria were selected. The investigator introduced and explained the purposes of the study to the samples and obtained the written informed consent. The tool consists of two sections like demographic variables and Pain Rating scale was measured the level of knee joint pain. The collected data were coded and entered in Excel for further data analysis. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. RESULTS The pre-test level of knee joint pain data revealed that 47(47%) were had Severe Pain, 51(51%) were had Moderate Pain, 2 (2%) were had Mild Pain. The Post -test level of knee joint pain data revealed that 81(81%) were had No pain, 19(19%) were had Mild pain and none of the Moderate and Severe pain. The Result shows that the Effectiveness of Hot Water Application with Epson Salt for a Knee Joint Pain between Pre and Post Test among Elderly Women. The finding reveals that Pre-Test mean and standard deviation score of Knee Joint Pain was9.08±2.61.Whereas in the Post Test the mean and standard deviation score of Knee Joint Pain was 18.49±2.53. The calculated paired t value is t = 0.000*. It was found to be statistically significant at p=< 0.005 level. It indicates that the Hot Water Application with Epson Salt was significantly effective to improve the level of Knee Joint Pain among Elderly Women. The data shows that the demographic variables of Age and Types of diet shown statistically significant association with Post-Test Level of Knee Joint Pain p=< 0.005 level. The other demographic variables had not shown any statistical association with the Post-Test Level of Knee Joint Pain among elderly women’s. CONCLUSION The present study concludes that Epsom Salt with Hot Water Compression Was Reducing the Knee Joint Pain for Elderly Women’s. Epsom salt it’s easily available and Less Expensive. Keywords: Pain, Epsom Salt, Hot Water Compression & Knee Pain. Title: A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HOT WATER COMPRESS WITH EPSOM SALT AMONG ELDERLY WOMEN WITH KNEE JOINT PAIN RESIDING AT SELECTED AREA Author: Madaswamy.R, Brisky Jenisha.J, Lokeshwarri.S International Journal of Healthcare Sciences ISSN 2348-5728 (Online) Vol. 10, Issue 2, October 2022 - March 2023 Page No: 100-104 Research Publish Journals Website: www.researchpublish.com Published Date: 31-October-2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7267454 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.researchpublish.com/papers/a-study-to-assess-the-effectiveness-of-hot-water-compress-with--epsom-salt-among-elderly-women-with-knee-joint-pain-residing-at-selected-areaInternational Journal of Healthcare Sciences, ISSN 2348-5728 (Online), Research Publish Journals, Website: www.researchpublish.co