A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Helfer Skin Tap Technique on Pain Level among Patients Receiving I/M Injection at Selected Hospitals of Amritsar, Punjab

Abstract

Intramuscular injection is a painful experience which is different from person to person. Helfer Skin Tap technique was proposed by Joanne Helfer. Skin tapping (Helfer Skin Tap technique) is one of the methods which keeps the muscles relaxed and while administration the intramuscular injection. In the present study a Quasi experimental design was used with Purposive Sampling technique to assess the effectiveness of interventional tapping technique that is Helfer Skin Tap technique to reduce the level of pain during administration of the intramuscular injection. The study was carried out in Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, C.K Life care hospital. The sample consisted 100 from medical and surgical wards. A numerical pain scale is use to assess the effectiveness of Helfer Skin Tap Technique. Analysis was done using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Finding of the study showed that, there was significant difference between in the mean post score of (Helfer Skin Tap technique) is less than the control group. The numeric pain scale that is 1.60(SD±1.143) and 4.98(SD±1.755) respectively and “t” test value is 11.410 which is significant at 0.05 level. The result revealed that the comparison between the experimental control groups show that pain is reduce with the help of skin tapping technique after the intramuscular injection.

Keywords: Helfer Skin Tap technique, Intramuscular injection, pain scale, effectiveness