@article{ajnr2013117,
author={{Dash, Manju Bala and Selvi, Sengathir},
title={Effectiveness of Infrared Rays on Wound Healing among Caesarean Section Mothers at Puducherry},
journal={American Journal of Nursing Research},
volume={1},
number={1},
pages={43--46},
year={2013},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajnr/1/1/7},
abstract={<b> </b> To evaluate the effectiveness of Infrared rays on wound healing and pain level in the experimental group comparison with control group mothers were conducted at Puducherry, India. <b>Methodology</b><b>:</b> quantitative approach and pre- test/ post- test control group design adopted and 100 caesarean section mothers (50 experimental &amp; 50 control group) were selected by simple random sampling technique. Pre¨Ctest was done to assess the existing wound healing &amp; pain level for both group with standard scale (Modified Southampton wound assessment scale &amp;Numeric pain rating scale). Experimental group received infrared therapy whereas the control group received routine dressing for twice a day for 3 days. Post-test assessment of wound healing &amp; pain level was done on 5<SUP>th</SUP><SUP> </SUP>&amp; 7<SUP>th</SUP> post operative days with the same standard scales. <b>Result and findings</b>: Pre&amp; post-test mean wound healing scores in experimental group was 2.1 ¡À 1.446 &amp; 1.26 ¡À 0.828 respectively with ¡®t¡¯ value 4.365(p&lt;0.05), Similarly the mean pain level scores was 3.90¡À0.303 &amp; 1.94¡À0.424 with the ¡®t¡¯ value 28.100(p&lt;0.05) and found statistically significant. There was a positive correlation between the wound healing and pain level score r = 0.22.},
doi={10.12691/ajnr-1-1-7}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}