A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTRADIALYTIC STRETCHING EXERCISES ON REDUCTION OF MUSCLE CRAMPS AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING HAEMODIALYSIS AT SMI HOSPITAL, DEHRADUN

Author Name: 1. Prof. Jasline M 2. Elina Khand

Volume/Issue: 02/09

Country: India & Nepal

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/03.2022-12667848/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Vice Principal, Teerthanker Mahaveer College of nursing, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
2. Lecturer, Mayadevi Technical College, Butwal, Nepal

ABSTRACT

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been increasingly recognized as a global health burden. Individuals with CKD are at risk for progressive loss of kidney function and kidney failure. One of the most common treatments for kidney failure is haemodialysis. Among the haemodialysis patients one of the most common complications is muscle cramps. Nurses play a pivotal role in muscle cramps assessment and interventional. The complementary therapies are used to relieve the muscle cramps. One of these therapies, which are used to reduce muscle cramps, is intradialytic stretching exercises. Thus we aimed “to assess the effectiveness of intradialytic stretching exercises on reduction of muscle cramps among patients undergoing haemodialysis at SMI hospital Dehradun” The nature of the study was quasi- experimental. The research design adopted for the study was “quasi- experimental non randomized control group design”. In this design total sample were collected non randomly and divided into two groups, one is interventional group and another one control group. The data was collected using the cramp questionnaire chart and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study shows that there was significant association between demographic variables and pre test score in relation with occupation among the experimental group. After pre test and post test the significant difference of muscle cramps was tested using paired ‘t’ test and the result was 14.42. Results revealed that intradialytic stretching exercises during the haemodialysis reduce the muscle cramps. This indicates that the intradialytic stretching exercises are significantly effective in reducing the muscle cramps among patients undergoing haemodialysis.

Key words: Kidney, haemodialysis, intradialytic stretching exercises, muscle cramps