Assessing the Effectiveness of Foot Reflexology on Anxiety of Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis in Tertiary Care Hospital, Karad, India| Chapter 8 | Challenges and Advances in Pharmaceutical Research Vol. 10

 Chronic sort disease (CKD) is a term used to depict a permanent deficit of kidney function. In renal collapse, there is a decrease in glomerular filtration rate. The number of fitness problems and additional ailments may cause either form of renal misstep to occur. The Objectives concerning this study: (1) To assess the level of worry among exploratory and control groups of patients going through hemodialysis. (2) To determine the influence of foot reflexology on tension among exploratory group of patients enduring hemodialysis. (3) To find the association middle from two points level of anxiety and picked sociodemographical variables between experimental and control groups of sufferers undergoing hemodialysis. The evaluative research approach was secondhand for this study, and the research design was a quasi-exploratory design. The research was carried out in the being apart unit of Krishna Hospital in Karad. The sample composes of 40 hemodialysis patients detached into two groups: 20 in the experimental group and 20 in the control group. The sample was preferred using a handy sampling process. The experimental group taken pad reflexology twice a period for three weeks, with each meeting lasting 20 notes of meeting, whereas the control group taken hospital consistent care. The mean post-test anxiety score in the exploratory group was 16.6, while it was 22.55 in the control group, which was significantly higher. The t-test advantage was 3.50, which was regarded to be important at the p<0.001level. In the post-test, the values manifested a statistically important difference in tension levels between the exploratory and control groups. According to the findings of the study, pad reflexology was efficient in lowering anxiety 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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