EFFECTIVENESS OF GUIDED IMAGERY ON ANXIETY AMONG PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS

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Kanimozhi M; B Tamilarasi; P Padmavathi

EFFECTIVENESS OF GUIDED IMAGERY ON ANXIETY AMONG PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS

Authors: Kanimozhi M, B Tamilarasi, P Padmavathi

Unique Paper ID: 173099
Volume: 11
Issue: 9
PageNo: 2076-2081

Keywords: Guided Imagery Anxiety Patients with Osteoarthritis Elderly

Abstract:
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint condition, that causes the tissues of the joint to deteriorate over time and worsen with age along with psychological problems such as anxiety and depression. Guided imagery could improve the wellbeing of the patients apart from medications and surgery. The design used for the study was true experimental research. A total of 30 patients with osteoarthritis were selected using simple random sampling technique in which 15 in experimental group and 15 in control group. Beck Anxiety Inventory was used to assess the level of anxiety among patients with arthritis. For a duration of four weeks, Guided Imagery for 30 minutes twice weekly was administered to the experimental group and for the control group the old age home routine was administered which was followed by the posttest in both the groups. The study findings showed that the pretest and posttest mean anxiety score was 26.13 & 14.00 with standard deviation of 4.64 & 2.42 respectively in experimental group. There was a highly statistically significant difference between the pretest and posttest level of anxiety with the paired `t` value of 9.34 at p<0.001. There was a statistically significant difference in the posttest level of anxiety between experimental and control group with the independent ‘t’ test value of 5.73 at p<0.001. There was no statistically significant difference in the pretest and posttest mean anxiety score in the control group.

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ISSN: 2349-6002
Volume: 11
Issue: 9
PageNo: 2076-2081

EFFECTIVENESS OF GUIDED IMAGERY ON ANXIETY AMONG PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS

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