Bobby, Sindhu and Devi, Elsa Sanatombi and Jyothi, Chakrabarty (2015) Effectiveness of inflatable lumbar support (ILS) for the prevention of short term backache among post-operative female patients undergoing lower abdominal surgery under spinal anesthesia. International Journal of Nursing Education, 7 (1). pp. 78-80. ISSN 0974-9349

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Abstract

Introduction:Backache strikes nearly 85% of the population at some time of their life. Majority of the backache is due to stress and strain of back muscles, ligaments and tendons. Today the incidence of post-operative backache is increasing and positioning the patient as well as the anesthetic technique of surgery places an important role to develop post- operative backache.1 Objectives:To analyze the effectiveness of lumbar support in preventing post- operative backache as measured by Verbal Descriptive Scale (VDS) and also to find its association between post-operative backache and age, occupation, BMI, type of surgery, position during surgery and also the duration. Method and material:A 10 point Verbal Descriptive Scale pain scale was used to evaluate the post operative backache of both experimental (30) and control group (30). Result:The median of 2nd and 5th day VDS pain score between both the groups were significantly different (Z value is -5.070 in experimental group and - 4.217 in the control group). The median reduction in the VDS pain score between the two groups is statistically significant (Z=-5.028) at p<.05. Conclusion:This study provides empirical evidence to the effectiveness of inflatable lumbar support for the prevention of post-operative backache and is found to have association with BMI.

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