Comparative Study on Effectiveness of Peppermint Oil and Hot Fomentation For Joint Pain among Sickle Cell Anemia Patients

Abstract

Introduction: Sickle cell anemia may cause pain such as stiffness of the joint, bone pain,muscle weakness, chest or abdominal pain. It is often not recommended to use over - thecounter painkillers (such as ibuprofen, mortin, advil, or aleve) because they can adverselyaffect the function of the kidney and/or liver. Try to use hot compresses for about 15 minutes up to 2-3 timesper day to treat pain spontaneously. Beyond healing irritated skin, increasing endurance and encouragingrelaxing, herbs Are always an effective way to manage pain. It is possible to apply peppermintessential oil on the skin to decrease muscles sore or joint pain1.Objectives:-1. To assess the level of joint pain among sickle cell anemia patients.2. To assess the effectiveness of peppermint oil for joint pain among sickle cell anemia patients.3. To assess the effectiveness of hot fomentation for joint pain among sickle cell anemia patients.4. To compare the effectiveness of peppermint oil and hot fomentation for joint pain among sickle cellanemia patients.5. To associate the effectiveness of peppermint oil for joint pain among sickle cell anemia patients withtheir selected demographic variables.6. To associate the effectiveness of hot fomentation for joint pain among sickle cell anemia patients withtheir selected demographic variables.Material and Methods: For this research, true experimental pre-test post-test research design has beenadopted. The study was conducted in selected area of Wardha district. Simple random sampling techniquewas used to select 60 participants and 30 were recruited for each group. To evaluate joint pain, the toolused for data collection was a scale of (0-10 scale of pain severity) pain scale. Both each groups were givenpeppermint oil and hot fomentation for seven days for three times a day.Result:- The after intervention mean score of hot fomentation 2.90±0.71was higher than that of peppermintoil 1.53 ±0.68 and the calculated ‘ t’ value 7.59 was significant at p<0.0001.Conclusion:- The study proved that peppermint oil was effective than the hot fomentation for reduction ofjoint pain among sickle cell anemia patients