“Effectiveness Of Cold Compression and Meditation on Level of Pain, Depression and Uric Acid Among Patient with Gout Arthritis at Selected Setting”

Abstract

Arthritis affects 24% of all adults in the United States, or 58.5 million individuals. Gout was prevalent in 41.2 million (95 percent UI 36.7 million, 46.1 million) people worldwide in 2017. Gout, a kind of arthritis caused by the buildup of uric acid crystals in the joints, was also discovered to be more common in males than in women. Aim of the study:  To determine effectiveness of cold compress with meditation on level of pain, depression and uric acid among patient with gout arthritis. Methodology: Quantitative research approach was adopted, The samples who met the inclusion criteria were selected by using purposive sampling technique.  To assess the pre and post level of pain by using visual pain scale, to assess the pre and post level of depression rating scale was used. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results;score of systolic BP was 127.40±18.49 and the post test mean score was 113.0±10.55. The pretest mean score of diastolic BP was 80±10.88 and the post test mean score was 74.40±8.61.The pretest mean score of uric acid was 7.92±1.14 and the post test mean score was 6.48±0.68.The pretest mean score of pain was 3.98±1.81 and the post test mean score was 1.32±1.42.The pretest mean score of depression was 3.88±1.80 and post test mean score was 0.98±1.29. Conclusion: The study concluded that the intervention of present study is very effective to reduce the level of pain, depression of uric acid among patient with gout arthritis.