Effect of Valsalva Maneuver on Pain Perception among Adult Patients Undergoing Spinal Procedures
Published: 2021-08-30
Page: 201- 205
Issue: 2021 - Volume 4 [Issue 2]
Premalatha Paulsamy
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College of Nursing for Girls, King Khalid University, Khamis Mushayit, Asir Province, Saudi Arabia.
Shadia Hamoud Alshahrani
College of Nursing, Mahalah Branch for Girls, King Khalid niversity, Asir Province, Saudi Arabia.
Ghadah Mohammed Al-Asbi
Family Medicine Consultant, King Khalid University Medical City, Abha, K.S.A.
Krishnaraju Venkatesan
Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Asir Province, Saudi Arabia.
Pranave Sethuraj
Software Engineer, Vee Care College of Nursing Chennai, India.
Kumarappan Chidambaram
Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid Universiy, Abha, Asir Province, Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract
In a healthcare setting, procedure pain is a common source of discomfort for patients. One of the non-pharmacological approaches for reducing severe pain is the Valsalva Maneuver (VM). VM also significantly minimizes the pain produced by skin puncturing during spinal injection. This study was conducted to assess the effect of Valsalva maneuver on pain perception among adult patients undergoing spinal procedures. A quasi- experimental, with posttest only control group design was adopted for this study. Fifty adult patients who were selected using the convenient sampling technique and were taught about the VM procedure by blowing into sphygmomanometer tubing and hold the mercury line up to 30 mm Hg for a period of minimum 20 seconds. The numeric rating scale (NRS) was used immediately after the spinal puncture. The results indicates that there is statistically significant reduction in pain among patients who performed VM (p=0.001). The study concludes that the VM can be included routine protocol to reduce pain during any procedures.
Keywords: Valsalva maneuver, pain perception, spinal procedures, numeric rating scale (NRS)