Authors :
Liji R Kurian; Shynee Paul; Philomena Fernandes
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 3 - March
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6378290
Abstract :
The present study was conducted to assess the
effect of San-Yin-Jiao (SP-6) acupressure on afterpains
among multiparous women in a selected hospital in
Mangalore. The objectives of the study were to assess the
level of afterpains during immediate postnatal period, to
find the effect of SP-6 acupressure on afterpains among
experimental group, find an association between
perception of afterpains and selected demographic
variables and find an association between perception of
afterpains and physiological responses. An experimental
approach with pretest posttest control group design was
adopted for the study. In the first phase, 40 multiparous
women delivered in K. S Hegde Charitable Hospital,
Mangalore were selected by purposive sampling
technique and random allocation method was used to
allocate the samples into experimental and control
groups. The sociodemographic data and physiological
responses were assessed with a structured questionnaire
and visual analogue scale was used for measuring
intensity of afterpains. The experimental group was given
the treatment of SAN-YIN-JIAO (SP-6) acupressure for a
period of 10 minutes. The study revealed that when the
effect of SP-6 acupressure on afterpains were analyzed at
each time period using repeated measures of ANOVA,
significant differences were observed immediately after
applying acupressure (F=19.40,p=0.000), as well as 30 min
(F=13.23,p=0.004), 1 hour (F=13.35,p=0.004), and 2
hours(F=9.05,p=0.035) after the procedure. No difference
was observed between the two groups at 3 hours after
applying acupressure (F=5.89, p=0.073). The Independent
t test was used to compare the difference between the
experimental and control groups which indicated that
there was a significant difference between the control and
experimental group on reduction of after pains. Thus,
acupressure to the SP-6 meridian can be an effective noninvasive nursing intervention for alleviation of after
pains, with effects lasting for 2 hours post-treatment.
Keywords :
San-Yin-Jiao (SP-6) acupressure, afterpains.
The present study was conducted to assess the
effect of San-Yin-Jiao (SP-6) acupressure on afterpains
among multiparous women in a selected hospital in
Mangalore. The objectives of the study were to assess the
level of afterpains during immediate postnatal period, to
find the effect of SP-6 acupressure on afterpains among
experimental group, find an association between
perception of afterpains and selected demographic
variables and find an association between perception of
afterpains and physiological responses. An experimental
approach with pretest posttest control group design was
adopted for the study. In the first phase, 40 multiparous
women delivered in K. S Hegde Charitable Hospital,
Mangalore were selected by purposive sampling
technique and random allocation method was used to
allocate the samples into experimental and control
groups. The sociodemographic data and physiological
responses were assessed with a structured questionnaire
and visual analogue scale was used for measuring
intensity of afterpains. The experimental group was given
the treatment of SAN-YIN-JIAO (SP-6) acupressure for a
period of 10 minutes. The study revealed that when the
effect of SP-6 acupressure on afterpains were analyzed at
each time period using repeated measures of ANOVA,
significant differences were observed immediately after
applying acupressure (F=19.40,p=0.000), as well as 30 min
(F=13.23,p=0.004), 1 hour (F=13.35,p=0.004), and 2
hours(F=9.05,p=0.035) after the procedure. No difference
was observed between the two groups at 3 hours after
applying acupressure (F=5.89, p=0.073). The Independent
t test was used to compare the difference between the
experimental and control groups which indicated that
there was a significant difference between the control and
experimental group on reduction of after pains. Thus,
acupressure to the SP-6 meridian can be an effective noninvasive nursing intervention for alleviation of after
pains, with effects lasting for 2 hours post-treatment.
Keywords :
San-Yin-Jiao (SP-6) acupressure, afterpains.
