Beta
340941

Effectiveness of Nursing Learning Package of Abdominal Massage for Relieving Constipation among Community Dwelling Older Adults

Article

Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Background: Constipation is among the most frequently reported health problems in old-age people, with significant negative impacts on their health, and quality of life. Aim of study: The aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of an abdominal massage learning package in relieving constipation among older adults.  Setting: conducted in outpatient clinic beni-suef university hospitals & two Geriatric Social Clubs in Beni-Suef city. Subjects: on 100 older adults suffering from constipation in the setting. Method: A quasi-experimental study Tools: A structured interview questionnaire sheet was used to collect pre-post data concerning knowledge about constipation and reported practices of abdominal massage. The training program was implemented and its effectiveness after three months. Results: The sample had equal gender distribution. Satisfactory knowledge significantly improved from 53% to 98%, and adequate practice from 30% to 65% post-intervention (p<0.001). The problem of constipation showed significant improvement with 74% reporting relief at the post-intervention phase (p<0.001). The predictors of the relief of constipation were the practice score and the knowledge of the benefits of abdominal massage, Odds Ratios 1.66 and 1.58, respectively. Conclusion: Training older adults in abdominal massage technique is effective in relieving their constipation. Recommendations: The technique should be used in geriatric care in various community and healthcare settings. Further research is proposed to assess its effect on older adults' quality of life.

DOI

10.21608/niles.2024.340941

Keywords

Geriatric Nursing, Abdominal massage, constipation, Older adults

Authors

First Name

aziza

Last Name

Abozied

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

CHN Department- Nursing-Beni-Suef University-Egypt

Email

draziza55@gmail.com

City

10 Th of Ramadan city,Cairo

Orcid

0000-0001-6971-988X

First Name

Hoda

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

Esmat

Affiliation

Community Health Nursing, college of nursing, Misr university for science and technology Egypt.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Shimaa

Last Name

farghaly

MiddleName

magdi

Affiliation

Medical surgical nursing Al-Jouf University, Saudi Arabia , Medical surgical nursing, Faculty of Nursing Cairo University, Egypt.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Esraa

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

Hamdy

Affiliation

Medical surgical nursing Beni-Suef University. Egypt.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Naglaa

Last Name

Hassaneen

MiddleName

Abdelhakem

Affiliation

Community Health Nursing; 6 October University ,Egypt.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Amal

Last Name

Abdelwahed

MiddleName

Yousef

Affiliation

Community Health Nursing Department- Damanhour University, Egypt-, Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Email

rafeeq_el_3omer@yahoo.com.uk

City

-

Orcid

0000-0001-9432-3326

Volume

7

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

42290

Issue Date

2024-07-01

Receive Date

2024-02-11

Publish Date

2024-07-01

Page Start

301

Page End

320

Print ISSN

2636-3224

Online ISSN

2636-3232

Link

https://niles.journals.ekb.eg/article_340941.html

Detail API

https://niles.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=340941

Order

1

Type

Original Article

Type Code

695

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

NILES journal for Geriatric and Gerontology

Publication Link

https://niles.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Effectiveness of Nursing Learning Package of Abdominal Massage for Relieving Constipation among Community Dwelling Older Adults

Details

Type

Article

Created At

24 Dec 2024