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KMID : 1001120100070010055
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Perspectives in Nursing Science
2010 Volume.7 No. 1 p.55 ~ p.64
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The Effects of Fowler`s Position Change on Back Pain and Discomfort of the Patients Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
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Nam So-Young
Choi-Kwon Smi
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of position change from supine to Fowler’s on back pain and discomfort in patients who remained on bed rest after undergoing PCIs with a vascular closure device.
Methods: Data was collected from 35 inpatients who were hospitalized in coronary-care unit to perform PCIs with
a vascular closure device at S hospital in Seoul from December, 2006 to May, 2007. Back pain, discomfort, presence and grade of bleeding and hematoma from femoral arterial puncture site and blood pressure/pulse rate were measured prior to, 10 minutes, 1 hour and 2 hours after position change. Data was analyzed with descriptive statistics, x2 tests and t-tests using SPSS/WIN 12.0 forWindows program. The level of significance (?) was set at 0.05 for this study.
Results: We found that there was no significant difference in back pain and discomfort in 10 minutes after position change between the two groups. However, the experimental group reported significantly less back pain and discomfort than the control group in 1 hour (p<.01, respectively) and 2 hour (p<.01, respectively) after position change. There was no significant difference in the presence and grade of bleeding and hematoma at the puncture site, blood pressure, and pulse rate in 10 minutes, 1hour and 2hours after position change between the two groups.
Conclusion: Fowler’s position change after PCIs in, therefore, safe and effective method of reducing back pain and physical discomfort without causing additional bleeding and changes in blood pressure and pulse rate.
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KEYWORD
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Percutaneous coronary interventions, Vascular closure device, Fowler`s position change, Back pain, Discomfort
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