A Quasi-experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Chilled Cabbage Leaves on Breast Engorgement among Postnatal Mothers Admitted in a Selected Hospital of Delhi
Journal Title: International Journal of Nursing & Midwifery Research - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
A study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of chilled cabbage leaves on breast engorgement among the postnatal mothers admitted in a selected hospital of Delhi. A Time series non-equivalent control group design with multiple institutions of the treatments was used. The study was conducted on 60 postnatal mothers, 30 in each group, admitted in Swami Dayanand Hospital, Shadara. A structured interview schedule was used to assess the selected sample characteristics and Storr scale was used to assess the breast engorgement and data were analyzed using SPSS IBM Version 20. The findings of the study showed that there was no significant difference between the experimental and control group with regard to pre-treatment scores of breast engorgement (p=0.2880). Comparison was done between pre-treatment and posttreatment breast engorgement scores within both the groups. There was no significant difference in the posttest breast engorgement scores between both the groups (p=0.204). Both the treatments, i.e., chilled cabbage leaves and routine care, i.e., warm compress were effective in decreasing breast engorgement in postnatal mothers (p=0.05 and p=0.001). Routine care, i.e., warm compress was found to be more effective than chilled cabbage leaves in reducing breast engorgement (p=0.001) in postnatal mothers. Chilled cabbage leaves as well as routine care, i.e., warm compress, both can be used in the treatment of breast engorgement.
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Ms Angel Akanksha Thomas,
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