International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research

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‘‘Effectiveness of early ambulation on post operative recovery among patients who have undergone abdominal surgery at selected hospital, Lucknow.’’

Author(s) Ms. Meenu Chaudhari, Ms. Ganga Potai, Ms. Jyoti Yadav
Country India
Abstract Background: Early mobility is one of the vital to improve patient outcome and benefits of early ambulation after surgery will promotes blood flow of oxygen throughout the body while maintaining normal breathing functions and it stimulates circulation where walking improves blood flow which aids in quicker wound healing and infection and it increases muscle tone and strength, especially those of the abdomen and ankles promoting early. Objectives: To evaluate the post operative recovery among patients who have undergone abdominal surgery. To compare the effectiveness of early ambulation on post operative recovery among patients between experimental and control group. To find out the association between post operative recovery among patients in experimental and control group with selected sociodemographic variables. Methodology: A Quantitative research approach and ‘Quasiexperimental design’ [non equivalent control group posttest only design] was used,70 abdominal surgical patient were selected by Non Probability Sampling [purposive Sampling] Results: The study reveals that the mean Modified Constipation Assessment score of experimental group was 0.26±0.44, while in control group score was 2.74±0.51. The significant difference was found in mean Modified Constipation Assessment score between the study groups (p<0.001). Conclusion: Early ambulation is effective for post operative recovery among patients who have undergone abdominal surgery.
Keywords Early ambulation, Wound healing, Constipation
Published In Volume 7, Issue 2, March-April 2025
Published On 2025-04-26
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i02.42918
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9gvjm

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