erimental group , the patients
were ask to chew two sticks of commercially
available sugar free chewing gum( orbit) thrice
during a day for 15-20 min each time starting
from 16 hours of the surgery till the passage
of first flatus and Patients in the control
group(n=30)received routine postoperative
care.
To study the effect of chewing gum on
the experimental group and routine
postoperative management in the control
group, bowel sounds were auscultated every
2 hourly and subjects were asked regarding
passage of first flatus and return of appetite
and same findings were documented in the
check list for the experimental group as well
as the control group.
Analysis was done by "Statistical
Package for the Social Sciences"(SPSS) 15
version. For descriptive analysis, percentage,
mean, standard deviation was used. Chi
square (χ
2
) and independent t test was used
as inferential statistics.