A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Elective Re-Siting of Intravenous Cannula in Preventing Peripheral Thrombophlebitis among Clients in Gopala Gowda Shanthaveri Memorial Hospital, Mysore

Abstract

Background: One of the most common practices in the medical field is intravenous cannulization. Peripheral thrombophlebitis develops after utilizing an intravenous cannula for several days, as well as from incorrect cannula insertion or careless maintenance of the intravenous cannula sites. Re-siting of intravenous cannulization approach lowers venous stasis, lowering the risk of peripheral thrombophlebitis. It is imperative to repeat the cannula to avoid peripheral thrombophlebitis. Objectives:

• To assess the site of the cannula for peripheral thrombophlebitis among intravenous cannulised clients.

• To Re-site the cannula every 48 hours to prevent peripheral thrombophlebitis in the experimental group.

• To reassess the site of the cannula among experimental and control groups daily.

• To evaluate the effectiveness of re-siting of the intravenous cannula in preventing peripheral thrombophlebitis among the experimental group.

• To find the association between peripheral thrombophlebitis and selected demographic variables of experimental and control groups.

Method: The effectiveness of elective resiting of intravenous cannulas in avoiding peripheral thrombophlebitis among patients at Gopala Gowda Shanthaveri Memorial Hospital in Mysore was investigated in this study using an evaluative research methodology. The peripheral thrombophlebitis scale was employed due to the nature of the issue and to achieve the study's goals. The validity and reliability of the tool were confirmed by consultation with professionals in the domains of medicine, nursing, and statistics. The study was conducted at Gopala Gowda Shanthaveri Memorial Hospital, and a nonprobability convenient sampling technique was used to pick 60 patients. Two types of statistics were used to analyze the collected data: inferential and descriptive. Results: The experimental group's mean thrombophlebitis score (0.33) was more significant than the control group's mean score (2.53). At the "t"=2.6887 (p<0.05) level, the mean difference (2.2) between the thrombophlebitis level reduction in the experimental and control group was statistically significant at the 0.05% level. Thus, the H1 hypothesis was approved. This suggests that peripheral thrombophlebitis was successfully Prevented by elective intravenous cannula re-siting. Furthermore, no statistically significant correlation was seen between peripheral thrombophlebitis and specific demographic characteristics, including age, gender, marital status, educational attainment, and religion. Interpretation and Conclusion: Preventing peripheral thrombophlebitis was successfully achieved with the elective re-siting of intravenous cannulation.