Volume 4 ; Issue 2 ; in Month : July-Dec (2021) Article No : 137
T. Sujatha, Suraj J Masih

Abstract

Objective: The study was conducted to assess the Effectiveness of Post-Operative Exercises on Upper Limb Function among Clients with Modified Radical Mastectomy at selected Cancer Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana. Study objectives were to (i) Assess the upper limb function among the clients with Modified Radical Mastectomy before the intervention. (ii) Demonstrate post-operative upper limb function exercises to the clients with breast cancer posted for Modified Radical Mastectomy. (iii) Assess the effectiveness of post-operative exercises on upper limb function among clients with Modified Radical Mastectomy. (iv) Find out the association between the upper limb function among clients with Modified Radical Mastectomy and selected variables. Methodology: Quantitative evaluative research approach was used for this study. The study was conducted at selected cancer hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana. Pre-test post-test group only design adopted. The sample comprised of 30, 15 sample taken as experimental group,15 sample taken as experimental group. Sample was selected by purposive sampling technique. The data was collected by observational checklist. Results: The results revealed that pretest mean score was 64.03 and after intervention the post-test mean score was 57.16 there was a significant difference between the pre-test and post test scores from day 1 to day 5 of the clients at the level of p= 0.05, computed ‘t’ value is more than table value hence null hypothesis was rejected. The obtained’ value was 8.15, found greater than ‘t’ table value. Conclusion: The study concluded that most of the sample was improved upper limb function from day 1to day 5. There is a significant difference between pretest and post- test scores, The findings point out that demonstration of teaching programme would improve the upper limb function of clients with Modified Radical Mastectomy.

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