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Effectiveness of Acupressure on Low Back Pain among Staff Nurses in a Selected Hospital at Kollam

Arpitha Poopady, Sheeba B Varghese

Abstract


A quasi-experimental study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of
acupressure on low back pain among staff nurses in selected hospitals. The main
objectives of the study were to assess the low back pain among staff nurses of
experimental group (Group I) and control group (Group II), to evaluate the
effectiveness of acupressure on low back pain among staff nurses in Group I and
Group II and to find out the association of pre-test scores of low back pain among the
staff nurses with selected study variables in Group I and Group II. Quantitative
research approach with pre-test post-test control group design was selected. The 60
samples were selected by using consecutive sampling technique, here the 30 samples
belongs to experimental group from Holy Cross Hospital Kottiyam and the remaining
30 samples belongs to control group from Bishop Benziger Hospital, Kollam. The
data were obtained by using socio demographic Performa and the pain density

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assessed by Numerical pain rating scale. In experimental group acupressure was
given to five acupoints for five minutes of 9 sessions on alternative days. Analysis of
the data was done using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study result shows
that the mean value of experimental group 4.4 is less than control group 5.3, there
was reduction in low back pain post-test scores of experimental groups when
compared with control group. Hence the p value is<0.01 and it is significant. So, the
intervention is effective. This study concluded that acupressure can be used as a
complementary therapy for reducing low back pain among staff nurses.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijorn.v8i1.2166

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