Effect of Revulsive Compresses on Knee Associated Symptoms and Pain Severity among Patients with Knee osteoarthritis

Abstract

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a progressive disease of the joints. Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is the most common form of osteoarthritis and a leading cause of pain and impaired function. Revulsive compresses are techniques used to reduce pain and related KOA effects. Aim: Evaluate the effect of revulsive compresses on knee associated symptoms and pain severity among patients with knee osteoarthritis. Design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted at the Orthopedic and Rheumatology Outpatient Clinics of El Nasr Insurance Hospital in Helwan. Sample: A purposive sample of 60 adult patients with knee osteoarthritis. Tools: Four tools were used including; A Structured Interviewing Questionnaire, Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), Pain Disability Index (PDI) & Numeric Pain Rating Scale. Results: Mean age of studied patients were 47.4 ± 10.04, 70% complained of pain, swelling and movement restriction. There was a highly statistically significant difference in total KOOS scores post intervention as compared to pre intervention. There was a highly statistically significant difference among studied patients pre and post intervention total pain disability index (p-value = 0.00). There was a statistically significant reduction with improvement in the total mean score of pain severity level post intervention of revulsive compresses . Conclusion: Revulsive compresses had a positive and significant effect in reducing the knee osteoarthritis symptoms and pain level of patients. Recommendations: Revulsive compresses should be recommended as a nursing intervention protocol during the care of patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Impact of Elderly Women's Knee Osteoarthritis Pain on Daily Living Activity at Northern Upper Egypt

“…These results are consistent with those of Srour and Saad, who showed how OA negatively affects the examined sample social dimension. They noted that dependency on others for everyday chores causes a loss of identity and independence, which can result in feelings of guilt and humiliation [40]. In order to ascertain whether the reduced engagement and reliance on others resulted in emotions of guilt and shame, researchers in the Netherlands contrasted people with and without OA [41].…”