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A Pre-experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Buerger Allen Exercises on Improving the Peripheral Blood Circulation among the Diabetic Patients Admitted at GGS Medical Hospital, Faridkot

Kawaljit Kaur, Amardeep Singh Samra, Navpreet Kaur

Abstract


Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar because the
pancreas does not produce enough insulin or cells do not respond to insulin. The high blood sugar

produces classical symptoms of polyuria, polydipsia and polyphagia. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is non-
insulin dependent in which there is an absolute insulin deficiency due to destruction of islets cell in the

pancreas. Type 2 diabetes mellitus makes up about 90% of the cases of diabetes with the other 10%
primarily due to diabetes mellitus type 1. The research study's aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of
Buerger Allen exercise in improving circulation among diabetes mellitus patients. The research
approach adopted in the study was quantitative research approach with pre-experimental pre-test and
post-test design. The study was conducted in selected Hospital of GGS Medical College, Faridkot,
Punjab by using ABI and checklist scale. The samples were selected by non-probability purposive
sampling techniques. 60 samples were selected for study. Study instrument used in research consists of
two sections, that is, demographic profile, checklist and ABI assessment tool to assess the effectiveness
of the Buerger Allen exercise. Researcher applied paired t test for comparison of pre and post-test
assessment. The pre-test analysis of ABI shows that out of 60 patients of DM, 45(75%) had mild
symptoms of PVD, and 15(25%) had moderate symptoms. After Buerger Allen exercise, post-test ABI
scale shows that 22(36.6%) had normal, 35(58.3%) had mild and 3(5%) had moderate symptoms of
PVD. This shows that exercises were effective. The pre-test checklist for clinical feature of mean score
was 7.4 with SD 4.90 and post-test checklist score was 5.8 with SD 3.17. The calculated t value of 7.18
was higher than tabulated value (2.00) which is highly significant. There is significant difference
between pre-test and post-test scores of checklist due to intervention of Buerger Allen exercise. The
study found that Buerger Allen exercise was effective in improving peripheral circulation among
diabetes mellitus patients.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37591/jonsp.v11i2.2648

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