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Effectiveness of Castor Oil Pack on Knee to Reduce the Knee Joint Pain among Women Residing at Selected Urban Communities of Maharashtra

Sonali Jaykrushana Khadse

Abstract: Aim of the study: The study aims to find the level of pain among women with knee joint pain by using numerical pain rating scale in order to reduce the level of pain. Problem statement: Does Application of Castor Oil Pack on Knee is Effective to Reduce the Knee Joint Pain among Women Residing at selected Urban Communities of Maharashtra? Primary objective: Primary objective of study was to find out the effect of castor oil pack on knee joint pain among women residing at urban communities of Maharashtra. Secondary objective: 1) To assess the level of knee joint pain among women before application of castor oil pack. 2) To find out the effect of castor oil pack among women after intervention. 3) To find out the association between knees joint pain and demographic variables of women after application of castor oil pack. Method: A pre-experimental one group pretest posttest design and quantitative approach was carried out on 30 women selected by purposive sampling technique to test effectiveness of castor oil pack to reduce knee joint pain. The data was collected by using 11 point?s numerical pain rating scale. Results: The presents study evaluates and found that the pre-intervention demographic variables of women were more or less similar revealing common characteristics. Before intervention it was observed that 25% of women have suffered with mild knee joint pain whereas 50.5% of them have suffered with moderate knee joint pain Further, it was reduced from 25% to 20% whereas the percentage of moderate knee joint pain was reduced from 50.5% and 25% of women had no pain after a castor oil pack application. Interpretation and conclusion: The data were analyzed by applying descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of the study indicated that after intervention there was an improvement in the level of pain. Analysis of data shows that highly significance difference found between the pre-test and post-test knowledge scores at the level of (P<0.05). The hypothesis is proved and accepted.

Keywords: osteoarthritis, knee pain, BMI, COP, Castor oil pack, Numerical pain rating scale

Edition: Volume 12 Issue 6, June 2023

Pages: 743 - 748

DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.21275/SR23604190634

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