Evaluate The Effect Of Intervention Bundle On Thirst Intensity Among School Age Children With Nil Per Oral Status In Selected Hospitals

Abstract

Thirst during postoperative period in children become more aggressive and irritable   which may rather cause increase in pain and other vital parameters. The pediatric nurse are not prepared to manage with thirst during the Nil Per Oral status postoperatively and often avoid thirst when children need for water. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of intervention bundle which consists of sterile wet oral wipes, sterile water sprays and lip moisturizer (petroleum jelly) on thirst intensity among school age children with Nil Per Oral status. The study was conducted in Paediatric surgical ward and PICU in selected hospitals in Pune.A quasi-experimental design was utilized in the study. A Non-Probability Purposive Sample of 60 school age children (6-12 years) were recruited in the study. Demographic and clinical profile, Modified Oral Assessment tool and Observational checklist of intervention bundle were used for data collection. Results: The mean pretest thirst score in experimental group was 8.53 with standard deviation of 0.89 and in the control, group was 8.66 with standard deviation of 0.75 and the mean posttest thirst score in experimental group was 0.46 with standard deviation of 0.73 and in control group was 6.46 with standard deviation of 0.48. The paired t test was used find the effectiveness between the dependent groups. The calculated t was 56.29, df= 29 and the correspondence p-value was 0.0001(less than 0.05) level of significance. Conclusion: Based on the results intervention bundle consists of sterile wet oral wipes, sterile water sprays and lip moisturizer (petroleum jelly) was significantly relief thirst intensity in school age children with Nil Per Oral status.