Effectiveness of foot massage on pain, heart rate among patient underwent abdominal surgery

Aim of the study: Is to assess effectiveness of foot massage on pain, heart rate among abdominal surgery. Background: Post operative pain is very common and develops naturally as warning symptoms its development can be predicted and should be prevented and treated. Despite the medication and aesthetics technique available, the prevalence of the post operative pain is still high. Pain after abdominal surgery has a significant effect on physiological, psychological, and socio-economic aspects of patients. The physiological effects are related to increased heart rate and the blood pressure. It will make them to readmission. Design: Pre experimental design Methods: Non probability purposive consecutive sampling technique was used. A total of 30 samples admitted in surgical ward were selected for the study. Foot massage is given 30 minutes to reduce pain, heart rate and blood pressure as intervention. The tool was developed by the investigator after extensive review of literature, previous knowledge, internet search and discussion with experts in selection of suitable items. The tool for data collection consists of: Structured questionnaire which comprises of general information, disease condition. Demographic variables of the care givers. Structured questionnaire for collecting data regarding the knowledge of foot massage among the abdominal surgery patients. Foot massage was done to assess the level of pain, heart rate and blood pressure by Numerical pain scale reading and Sphygmomanometer. Result: The findings of the study reveals that there is significantly decrease in the level of pain, heart rate and the level of pain. The paired T test value shows that there was statistical non significance between pre and post test level of pain, heart rate among abdominal surgery patients. Conclusions: The finding illustrated that the foot massage is not effective for seven days after abdominal surgery for the patient with the pain and the heart rate. But it is effective in the blood pressure among abdominal surgery patients.