Effect of Self-Management and Home Remedy on Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis among Elderly Clients | ||||
| Zagazig Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 4, Volume 11, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2015, 2015, Page 51-65 PDF (695.7 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.12816/0029171 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Tawheda Mohamed El-saidy1; Samia Ali El- Nagar2; Entsar Abd El Aleem Abd Elsalam1 | ||||
| 1Lecturer of Community Health Nursing- Faculty of Nursing- Menoufia University | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Community Health Nursing - Faculty of Nursing- Menoufia University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory condition affecting the joints. It exerts a significant burden on the individual and community. Arthritis care offers selfmanagement training courses. It includes keeping active, looking after the joints, using heated pads, using a cold pack, complementary therapies and massage. Aim of the study: was to examine the effect of self-management and home remedy on symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis among elderly clients. Subjects & Methods: Research design: A quasiexperimental design with pre and posttest was adopted. Setting: This study was carried out at the outpatient clinics in comprehensive medical center and university hospital in Shebin Elkom City, Menoufia Governorate, Egypt. Subjects: A total of 90 elderly clients recruited from outpatient clinics. Tools of data collection: A Structured interviewing questionnaire and Affected and non-affected joints pain assessment sheet. Results: The mean age of the participants was 66.8 years old. Fifty percent of them had a family history of arthritis. There were a significant reduction of joints swelling, redness, duration of stiffness, and feeling of fatigue from pre to post test (p < 0.05*). Majority of the elderly clients felt better with rest, splint, hot compresses and massage with ointments. The home remedy affected positively on the pulse, systolic and diastolic blood pressure besides reducing their joints pain and swelling. Conclusion: The present study concluded that after intervention elderly clients who used self-management measures had a significant reduction of rheumatoid arthritis joints pain, swelling, redness, and stiffness. Additionally, home remedy and self-management affected positively on pulse and blood pressure of the clients besides reducing their arthritis pain. Recommendations: Encourage the elderly clients to use the self-management measures to reduce RA joints pain. Also combination between self-management measures and home remedy are effective. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Self-Management; Home remedy; Elderly; Rheumatoid Arthritis | ||||
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