Effectiveness of Jacobson’s progressive muscle relaxation technique for pain management in post-cesaerean women
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction Pain is the most distressing response in early post operative period Patients with post operative pain has a different response according to pain and opiods Pain sensitivity is more in females than males Cesaerean section is one of the major surgery that causes pain Post operative pain can be managed by pharmacological and non pharmacological One nonpharmacological approach is relaxation therapy So itrsquos important to have adjunct therapy like relaxation to reduce pain in Csection womenPurpose of the Study Cesaerean section women experiences pain due to operative trauma One of the relaxation technique is Jacobsonrsquos Skills in releasing pain of local parts of body can have direct effect on entire body Jacobsonrsquos technique has a hypothalamic response which decrease sympathetic arousal and muscle tone This mechanism helps to relieve pain and distressObjectives 1 To find out post operative relief of pain between experimental and controlled groups on VAS score 2 To find out mean difference between pain scores of controlled and experimental groupsMethodology This study was conducted on 34 subjects It was randomised controlled study Intervention was for 5 days Dose of analgesics were collected from medical records Controlled group was given pre operative instructions Experimental group performed Jacobsonrsquos technique Before and after intervention pain was assessed with VAS scoreConclusion Pain is more reduced in experimental than controlled groupThere is significant difference in mean values between pain scores of controlled and experimental group on VAS scoreKeywords Jacobsonrsquos relaxation Cesaerean section Pain management
Authors and Affiliations
Divya Devmurari, Sanket Nagrale
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- DOI 10.18231/2394-2754.2018.0051
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