TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BENSONS RELAXATION TECHNIQUE ON REDUCTION OF PAIN AMONG POST CAESAREAN MOTHERS ADMITTED AT ED HOSPITAL IN UDAIPUR DISTRICT

Giving birth to a new life is the most painful experience in a woman's life.After caesarean section, women reported very high levels of pain during the first 24 hours and most of them experience intense pain even after taking analgesics.Benson's relaxation therapy is a simple and most effective way of relaxation.A quantitative approach with quasi experimental non-equivalent control group pretest post-test design was adopted to evaluate the effectiveness of Benson's relaxation technique on level of pain among post-caesarean mothers admitted at selected hospitals in arvalli.The total number of samples selected was 60 (30 in experimental group and 30 in control group) by purposive sampling technique following inclusion, exclusion criteria.The sample size was estimated by using power analysis using the formula N=4pq/d where "p" was 13.The setting selected for the study was arvalli hospitals; .The total samples selected per week were 15.The intervention used was Benson's relaxation technique.The intervention was given for 10 minutes per day.No intervention was given to the control group.The instrument used for the study was Modified comfort behavioral pain scale.Paired"'t' test was used to compare pre-test and post-test level of pain.Chi-square test was used to find the association between the post-test level of pain among post caesarean mothers and selected demographic and obstetrical variables.The data collected were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics.Findings revealed that in experimental group pretest mean score was 33.17 4.302 and the post-test mean score was 8.15 4.894.The mean pain reduction level was 25.02 and the calculated test value is 21.04, which is higher than the table value 3.396 at p>0.001.Hence, the test was significant at the level of p>0.001.Hence, the findings indicated that after administering Benson's relaxation technique in experimental group, there is significant decrease in level of pain Hence H1 hypothesis was accepted. .