“EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF DEMONSTRATION ON THE ORAL AND NASOGASTRIC FEEDING OF HEMIPLEGIC PATIENTS AMONG CARE TAKERS IN SELECTED HOSPITALS, KANPUR”.

Abstract

Hemiplegia is a neurological condition characterized by the paralysis of one side of the body. This debilitating condition can significantly impact a person’s quality of life, affecting their mobility, independence, and overall well-being.This can lead to poor
coordination, which can make eating challenging and uncomfortable. The quasi experimental one group pretest and post-test design was used.A total 60 sample swere selected by using conveniencesamplingtechnique 30 for oral feeding group and 30 for Nasogastric tube feeding group.The majority of caretakers in the nasogastric feeding group (60%), who were between the ages of 26 and 38, were female (53.3%), had a degree (53.3%), were in the military (66.7%), and were married (70%). Of the caregivers in the oral tube-feeding group, 33.3% were between the ages of 28 and 37, 63.3% were female, and 36.7% had a high level of educationto graduate levelwith 83.3% of the samples being married and 43.3% being in-service. The mean score for the oral feeding group was 17.3534 during the pre-test phase and 34.7543 during the post-test phase. The mean score in the pretest phase for nasogastric tube feeding was 14.2667, while the mean score in the posttest phase was 32.9667.A demonstration on how to feed a hemiplegic patient to caretakers was successful in improving the caregivers' proficiency.