- 자가 발반사마사지가 재가 여성노인의 우울, 수면, 요통에 미치는 효과
- ㆍ 저자명
- 엄미란,김은경,오희영,김현숙,곽경희,Eom.. Mi-Ran,Kim. Eun-Kyun,Oh. Hee-Young,Kim. Hyun-Sook,Kwak. Kyung-Hee
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 기본간호학회지
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2008년|15권 4호|pp.504-512 (9 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 대한기본간호학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of self foot reflexology on depression, sleep, and low back pain in elderly women. Method: The study was one group pre-posttest design. Data collection was done from December 2007 to January 2008 in D city. The participants were 47 women (65 years of age and over). After two weeks of reflexology education, the women did foot reflexology themselves for approximately 40 minutes, five times a week for four weeks. To verify the effects of foot reflexology, the scores for depression, sleep, and LBP were measured at baseline, after 4 weeks of self-treatment. Repeated measure ANOVA with the SPSS WIN 14.0 program were used to analyze the data. Results: There were significant differences in depression, sleep, and LBP between baseline, after 4 weeks of self-treatment. Conclusion: These findings suggest that self foot reflexology could be utilized as an effective nursing intervention for improving depression, sleep, and LBP in elderly women.