Effectiveness of Olive Oil Application on Knee Pain among Patients with Osteoarthritis in Selected Hospital at Nagercoil

Johny Christopher Wilbert, Jobson Wilbert

Abstract: ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Osteoarthritis is a nearly universal, slowly progressive degenerative condition affecting men and women as they age. It causes pain and difficulty moving the joint, muscle weakness, limited range of motion, joint deformities, disturbance in gait and sleep. About 80% of the elderly people are having osteoarthritis the patient?s may experience severe pain during mobility due to that the patient?s are not able to do activities properly. Emerging research study suggests the potential benefits of olive oil application on knee pain. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the level of knee pain among patients with osteoarthritis. 2. To assess the effectiveness of olive oil application on knee pain among patients with osteoarthritis. 3. To find out the association of post-test level of pain among patients with osteoarthritis with their selected demographic variables in the experimental group. HYPOTHESES: 1. There will be a significant reduction in knee pain among patients with osteoarthritis after olive oil application. 2. There will be a significant association between post-test level of knee pain and selected demographic variables of patients with osteoarthritis who received olive oil application in experimental group. METHODOLOGY: An evaluatory research approach, True experimental pre-test and post-test control group design was used. Using Simple random sampling technique 60 patients with Osteoarthritis were selected from Salvation Army Catherine Booth Hospital, Nagercoil of which 30 patients were assigned in experimental group and another 30 were in control group. Application of Olive oil was done in the affected knee for experimental group for 14 days and pain assessment was done using descriptive pain scale. RESULTS: In experimental group post-test mean pain score was 1.40 with standard deviation of 0.49 and the control group post-test mean pain score was 3.03 with standard deviation of 0.61. And the calculated ?t? value was 11.303 which showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control group post-test level of pain among patients with osteoarthritis at p

Keywords: KEYWORDS: Effectiveness, Olive oil application, pain, Osteoarthritis

How to Cite?: Johny Christopher Wilbert, Jobson Wilbert, "Effectiveness of Olive Oil Application on Knee Pain among Patients with Osteoarthritis in Selected Hospital at Nagercoil", Volume 7 Issue 7, July 2018, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 601-603, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=ART20183885, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/ART20183885