AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTRADIALYTIC STRETCHING EXERCISE ON FATIGUE, MUSCLE CRAMPS AND ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING HAEMODIALYSIS AT SELECTED HOSPITAL OF SOUTH GUJARAT

Author Name: 1. Mrs. Hafsath M 2. Prof. Sajeer Ali NC

Volume/Issue: 02/10

Country: India

DOI NO.: 2582-6417 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/04.2022-78963664/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Asst Professor, Sri Sanket Patel Memorial Nursing College, Surat, Gujarat, India
2. Principal(I/C), Sri Sanket Patel Memorial Nursing College, Surat, Gujarat, India.

ABSTRACT

Chronic kidney disease is a considered to be a threat to health and particularly for the developing countries, because of therapy’s cost and its chronic nature. The ultimate treatment of chronic renal disease is dialysis. Haemodialysis patients experienced a range of symptoms, with considerable variation in the frequency and severity of symptoms. Objectives of the study are to assess the level of muscle cramps, fatigue and activities of daily living, to evaluate the effect of intradialytic stretching exercises on muscle cramps, fatigue and activities of daily living among patients undergoing haemodialysis and to determine the association between muscle cramps, fatigue and activities of daily living with selected demographic variables among patients undergoing haemodialysis. The Aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of intradialytic stretching exercises on muscle cramps, fatigue and activities of daily living among patients undergoing haemodialysis. A true experimental randomized control group research design was adopted for this study. 50 clients selected by simple random sampling method, 25 clients each in control group and experimental group. Clients in the experimental group received intra dialytic stretching exercise for 20 minutes after the first 20 minutes of starting hemodialysis for 20 days. Data was collected by cramp assessment scale, fatigue assessment scale and Barthel Index. In the experimental group, the men pre test score of the level of muscle cramps, fatigue and Activities of daily living was 32.72, 27.36 and 65.80 respectively which is significantly changed to 15.96, 14.32 78.80 after the intervention. And the t test(4.423, 4.15, 4.10 respectively p < 0.05) score shows that, there is a significant effectiveness of intradialytic stretching exercise on fatigue, muscle cramps and activities of daily living among patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Key words: Intradialytic Stretching Exercise, Fatigue, Muscle Cramps, Haemodialysis