• ZUHA FAROOQ
• Anita prakasm
• varinderdeep kaur

The objective of the study was to assess and compare the effectiveness of hand and foot massage on level of pain among post-caesarean mothers admitted in the postnatal ward of Adesh Hospital. Non randomized non equivalent quasi-experimental research design was adopted for this study and 60 post-caesarean mothers who met the inclusion criteria of the study were selected by non probability convenience sampling technique, 30 in experimental and 30 in control group. The pre-intervention was conducted at 6th hour after caesarean section in the experimental and control group followed by post-intervention, immediately, at 60 minutes and 90 minutes by using numerical pain rating scale. After pre-intervention hand and foot massage was given to the experimental group for about 5 minutes in each upper and lower extremity for 20 minutes. The post-intervention mean pain score in experimental group after hand and foot massage was 1.90 with a SD +/- 0.548 and in control group the mean was 7.03 with a SD +/- 0.556.Un-paired ‘t’ test was computed to show whether there was any significant difference in mean pain score of experimental and control group. The observed ‘t’ value of 36.023 was higher than that of table value at 0.05 (2.709) and it was inferred that there was a statistical significance and results were highly significant at P < 0.001.According to these findings, the hand and foot massage can be considered as a complementary method to reduce the pain of caesarean section among the post-caesarean mothers effectively and decrease the need for analgesics.

Hand and Foot massage, Pain, Post caesarean mothers

"A study to assess the effectiveness of hand and foot massage as complementary therapy on level of pain among post caesarean mothers. ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 11, page no.h554-h598, November-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRTHE2158.pdf

"A study to assess the effectiveness of hand and foot massage as complementary therapy on level of pain among post caesarean mothers. ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 11, page no. pph554-h598, November-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRTHE2158.pdf