A STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF FATIGUE & MUSCLE CRAMP AMONG THE PATIENTS UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS IN A SELECTED HOSPITAL, MURSHIDABAD
Author Name: 1. Miss Tanushree Adhikary 2. Mr Sudip Das 3. Rhea Ghosh, Sagarika Deb, Ananya Agni, Riparna Saha, Swagtalakshmi Sen, Imon Ghosh, Ishika Mahapatra, Rupal Sarkar, Sohela Mustafi, Ruksa Khatun, Tanuka Mandal, Sudeshna Sarkar, Nasrima Sultana, Bipasha Mondal, Utsha Biswas
Volume/Issue: 03/03
Country: India
DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2022-13967947/UIJIR
Affiliation:
- Assistant Prof. MSN, GitaRam College Of Nursing,Murshidabad West Bengal, India
- PhD Scholar PU Gujrat, Assistant Professor MSN, GCN,WB,Gold Medalist, India
- B.Sc Nursing 3rd Year Students, GitaRam College of Nursing,Murshidabad, West Bengal, India
ABSTRACT
A study to assess the level of fatigue and muscle cramp among the patient undergoing hemodialysis in a selected hospital, Murshidabad".The objective of the study are to assess the level of fatigue among the patient's undergoing hemodialysis,to assess the level of muscle cramp among the patient's undergoing hemodialysis,to find out the association between the level of fatigue & muscle cramp among the patients undergoing hemodialysis with their selected demographic variables.In this study descriptive research design is used. In this study hemodialysis patients of GitaRam Hospital, Berhampur, Murshidabad were selected as a sample. 60(sixty) samples were selected for the study by non- probability purposive sampling technique. Level of fatigue and muscle cramp of the patients undergoing hemodialysis were assessed using Iowa fatigue scale and Ashworth scale for assessing muscle cramp. Reliability of the tool is 0.98 and 0.95 that was checked using Karl Pearson correlation coefficient method. Statistical analysis was done by chi square test and frequency distribution table to assess the level of Fatigue and Muscle Cramp of patients undergoing hemodialysis. The findings of the study revealed that in regarding fatigue and muscle cramp among 60 number of hemodialysis patients, 3% of hemodialysis patients are having no fatigue,28% of hemodialysis patients are having mild fatigue,60%of hemodialysis patients are having moderate fatigue and 9% of hemodialysis patients are having severe fatigue along with that 2% of hemodialysis patients are having no muscle cramp,37% of hemodialysis patients are having mild muscle cramp,48% of hemodialysis patients are having moderate muscle cramp and 13% of hemodialysis patients are having severe muscle cramp. There is a significant association between the occupation, duration of dialysis treatment and chronic kidney disease since, with fatigue and dialysis treatment and chronic kidney disease since with muscle cramp.
Key words: Fatigue, Muscle Cramp, Hemodialysis
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