A Comparative Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Hot Application and Hyper Saline Compression on Pain and Superficial Thrombophlebitis among Patients Receiving Intravenous Therapy in Selected Hospital of Amritsar

Abstract

The aim of present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of two interventional strategies that is hot application and hyper saline compression on treatment of pain and superficial thrombophlebitis. Superficial thrombophlebitis is one of the oldest problems which the patients are facing in the hospitals due to lack of supervision and lack of proper interventions. It normally affects all age groups if not treated properly and which may lead to serious complications. A comparative control trial research design was used with purposive sampling technique to assess the effectiveness of two interventional strategies that is hot application and hyper saline compression on treatment of pain and superficial thrombophlebitis. The study was carried out in Guru Nanak Dev hospital. The sample of study consisted 60 from medical and surgical wards. A numeric pain scale and modified visual infusion phlebitis score is used to assess the effectiveness of hot application and hyper saline compression. Analysis was done using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings of the study showed that, there was significant difference between in the mean post test score of hot application is less than hyper saline compression in numeric pain scale that is 2.13(SD±1.07) and 3.26(SD±1.12). The post test score of hot application less than hyper saline compression in modified visual infusion phlebitis score that is 2.23(±0.703) and 2.4 (SD±0.799). The result revealed that the comparison between both the groups show that pain is reduced fast with the hot application and inflammation is reduced quickly with hyper saline compression.


Keywords: Interventional strategies, hot application, hyper saline compression, pain, superficial thrombophlebitis