Grime J, Richardson JC, Ong BN (2010) Perceptions of joint pain and feeling well in older people who reported being healthy: a qualitative study.Ashida S (2000) Ageing and its Process.Allender A (2010) Community Health Nursing Promoting and Protection the Public’s Health.The result revealed in the present study is found with evidence that application of mustard plaster brings substantial reduction in knee pain and inability among elderly people. Knee pain and inability on the whole is a very common condition and frequent problem presenting to general practitioners. It refers to the elderly aged between 60-75 years with knee pain and inability residing at, St.Joseph’s old age home and Sri Ram Aravindhar Trust, Coimbatore. Spread it on a clean cloth, fold it in half and press against the skin for 30 minutes to reduce knee pain and inability among elderly people.Įlderly people who complained of pain over the knee was assessed with Womac scale which includes pain, stiffness and function, daily living and classified as mild, moderate, severe and extreme knee pain.ĭifficulty in incorporating activities due to knee pain and inability in elderly people who are residing in old age homes was assessed by Womac scale and the inability is interpreted as Mild physical inability: 1-24 Moderate physical inability : 25- 48 Severe physical inability:49-72 Extreme physical inability: 73-96. Mustard plaster is prepared by mixing 2 parts mustard powder with one part of water to make a paste. Operational DefinitionĮffect refers to the reduction of knee pain and inability by the application of mustard plaster. To assess the level of knee pain and inability after application of mustard plaster among elderly people. To apply mustard plaster among elderly people with knee pain and inabilityģ. To assess the level of knee pain and inability among elderly peopleĢ. Here the researcher focuses on secondary prevention thereby identifies knee pain and inability and prevents further consequences of knee pain and inability by using Mustard plaster Therapy. Hence, Community health nurse plays an important role in primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. He applied 18 types of massage therapy to reduce the knee pain. Brandon Thomas J, conducted a study in U.S that 80% of people are suffering from knee pain. The most commonly affected are knee and hip joints. This total will be doubled by 2025 and will reach virtually 2 billion by 2050 particularly in developing countries.Īs the Health care professionals we could help the elderly to carry out the daily activities without much dependence on the care givers. Today worldwide there are 600 million persons aged around 60 years and above. The population of elderly has been increasing over years. As knee age, wear & tear can make them less able to tolerate the stresses of everyday activity. Knees are involved in activities such as walking, running, climbing, bicycling and even swimming. Today most of the elderly people are suffering from knee pain and inability. Euphemism and terms for old people include senior (American usage), senior citizen (British and American usage) and the elderly. Old age (also refers to as one’s old) consist of age nearing or surpassing the average life span of human being and thus the end of the human life cycle. The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend. However, as evidenced in the letters of the Collection, the Carmichaels’ patients not only asked that the Carmichaels bleed them, but many knew how to bleed themselves as a treatment for illness.Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. ![]() ![]() Treatment was stopped when a patient felt faint.Īs a result of failed bleedings, purges, and other manipulations to cure disease, large segments of the population considered doctors useless or harmful. Typically, 16-30 ounces of blood were drained from a patient and caught in a shallow bowl. Blood was drawn from the diseased area by applying leeches, cutting open a vessel, or using suction cups to form blood blisters. The theory behind bloodletting was that disease caused blood to stagnate in certain parts of the body and that it needed to be released in order to revitalize the patient. In essence, bloodletting was a remedy for almost every complaint. In the Carmichael letters, bloodletting was used to treat toothaches, fevers, headaches, pain, mental illness, coughs, and colds. Bloodletting, or bleeding, was an accepted practice from the time of the Greek physician Galen through the middle of the nineteenth century.
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