Lumbar Cold Compresses Reduce Pain After Surgery

DOI

10.2991/ichs-18.2019.32How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Pain, Cold Compress, Surgery

Abstract

Postoperative pain is an unpleasant experience. Most patients undergoing surgery will experience pain. Pain sensations are varied. The actions of nurses independently have an important role in reducing postoperative pain. This study aims to see the effect of cold compresses on the lumbar area in reducing postoperative pain. Method: The quasi-experimental design without control group was used in this study. The study sample was 14 people. All patient with spinal anestesia held to be sample. The cold compress is applied to the lumbar area for 10 minutes with a temperature of ± 10-18 degrees Celsius 8 hours postoperatively. Paired t test is used to analyze data in this study. Result: The average pain before cold compress is 5.7. The average pain after compress is 4.7. Paired t test results obtained p value < 0.05. Cold compresses on the lumbar area can reduce pain. Discussion: Compression of the lumbar can reduce postoperative pain. This can be an alternative choice of independent measures of nursing

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Retno Setyawati
AU  - Furaida Khasanah
AU  - Suyanto
PY  - 2019/11
DA  - 2019/11
TI  - Lumbar Cold Compresses Reduce Pain After Surgery
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Health Sciences (ICHS 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 226
EP  - 229
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ichs-18.2019.32
DO  - 10.2991/ichs-18.2019.32
ID  - Setyawati2019/11
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