A QUASI- EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AEROBIC EXERCISES ON FATIGUE AND ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS IN A SELECTED HOSPITAL AT PANIPAT, HARYANA

Author Name: 1. Neema 2. Paul Dinagaran

Volume/Issue: 02/10

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/04.2022-31193944/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Sc Nursing Student, Ved Nursing College, Prem Institute of Medical Sciences, Panipat, Haryana, India
2. Associate Professor, Ved Nursing College, Prem Institute of Medical Sciences, Panipat, Haryana, India

ABSTRACT

A Quasi-Experimental study to assess the effectiveness of aerobic exercises on fatigue and activities of daily living among patients undergoing hemodialysis in selected Hospital at Panipat, Haryana. Kidney is an important organ of our body. The primary function of kidney is to regulate the volume and composition of extracellular fluid (ECF) and excrete waste products from our body. Hemodialysis is a treatment to filter wastes and water from body’s blood. Hemodialysis helps to control blood pressure and balance electrolytes, such as potassium, sodium and calcium in blood. The quasi-experimental pre-test post-test design was used in the present study which included 60 Hemodialysis patients from selected hospital of panipat, Haryana and selected by convenient sampling technique. Tool of study consists of Socio-Demographic Variable, Fatigue severity scale, Lawton instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) and Katz activities of daily living (ADLs) was used for descriptive and inferential statistics. The overall effectiveness of the intervention strategies were established among the subjects who were under experimental group during the post assessment stage. The study finding portrays that the experimental group pre-test mean score of ADL was 0.57±1.04 and the post-test mean score was 5.37±0.61. The mean improvement score was 4.80. In the experimental group and the mean difference score was 4.47 between the experimental and control group. The calculated paired‘t’ value of t = 22.165 was found to be statistically highly significant at p<0.001 level. The study findings revealed that interventional package given to the Hemodialysis patients helps to enhance the quality of life of Hemodialysis patients. This clearly indicates that aerobic exercises administered to patients undergoing hemodialysis was found to be effective and there was significant improvement in their post-test level of ADL in the experimental group whereas in the control group the calculated paired ‘t’ value of t = 1.795 was not found to be statistically significant.

Key words: Aerobic exercises, Fatigue, Activities of Daily living.