Influence of foot bath with traditional Chinese medicine combined with foot massage on sleep quality of patients with insomnia / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To evaluate the combination of foot bath using tradirional Chinese medicine and foot massage on sleep quality of patients with insomnia. Methods 84 cases of insomnia patients were divided into the treatment group(44 cases) and the control group(40 cases)according to their willingness whether to accept foot bath and foot massage or not. The control group received routine care, the treatment group was given foot bath using traditional Chinese medicine and foot reflex zone massage at bedtime on the basis of the routine care. The treatment effect were evaluated after 10 days of continuous intervention. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Scale (PSQI)was used to assess sleep quality of patients. Results The treatment efficacy and quality of sleep of the treatment group was significantly better than the control group. After treatment, sleep condition in the treatment group significantly improved than before. ConduMons The combination of foot bath using traditional Chinese medicine and foot massage can improve sleep quality in patients with insomnia.

Foot Massage with Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Insomnia / 国际中医中药杂志

Objective To investigate the effect of foot massage with Chinese medicine in the treatment of insomnia. Methods In this paper, 93 cases of hospitalized patients with insomnia were randomly recruited into two groups. A treatment group with 47 cases was treated with foot massage, and a control group with 46 cases was treated with diazepam. The therapeutic efficacy was evaluated after being treated for 14 days. Results In the treatment group, the patients with good sleep quality accounted for 93.0% and poor sleep quality accounted for 17.0%; while in the control group, the patients with good sleep quality accounted for 52.2% and poor sleep quality accounted for 47.8%. The difference between the two gropus was significant (X2= 11.23, P<0.05 ) . Conclusion Foot massage with traditional Chinese medicine has good effects in improving sleep quality of insomnia patients.

The Effect of Foot Massage on Post operative Pain in Patients Following Abdominal Surgery / 성인간호학회지

More and more non-injured operations are being implemented these days, thanks to the development of medical technology. Still, however, most operations leave direct scars on patient' bodies, as well as accompanying pain. The massage as an independent nursing intervention can stimulate the circulation of the blood of tissue and muscle and increase the relationship between a patient and a nurse. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of foot massage on pain in post abdominal operative patients. The nonequivalent control group, pre-post test design is used for this study. From July 7, 2000 to February 20, 2001, the 40 patients who were operated under general anesthesia in a university hospital in Seoul were studied. They were divided into two groups ; 20 patients were part of the experimental group, and the others, in the control group. In order to evaluate the effect of foot massage, severity of pain was checked with the VAS (Visual Analog Scale) and also each patients' vital signs were measured with pulse rate, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. The collected datas were processed by SAS version 6.12 program and analyzed by the Chi-square, Fisher?s exact test, t-test and repeated measures ANOVA. The results of this study were as follows. 1. The severity of pain decreased significantly in the experimental group as compared to the control group following foot massage (t= -3.317, p= .002). 2. Measured vital signs in the experimental group had more reduction of that than in the control group following foot massage. -The pulse rate in the experimental group was lower than that in the control group following foot massage (F=7.73, p=.008). -The systolic blood pressure in the experimental group was lower than that in the control group following foot massage (F=25.75, p=.000). -The diastolic blood pressure in the experimental group was lower than that in the control group following foot massage (F=15.27, p=.000). In conclusion, foot massage is an effective dependent nursing intervention for pain control of post abdominal operative patients.

Effect of Foot Massage on Sleep, Vital Sign and Fatigue in the Elderly who live in their Home / 기본간호학회지

PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate the effect of foot massage on sleep, vital signs and fatigue in the elderly who live in their Home. METHOD: Data were collected from 20 elderly who live in the Seoul-Kyunggi province area by convenience sampling and analyzed the change of sleep and sleep satisfaction, vital signs(pulse, respiration, systolic and diastolic blood pressure) and general fatigue between pre and post foot massage using Paired t-test at 0.05 of significance level. RESULT: There were very significant difference in the sleep and fatigue between pre and post foot massage. CONCLUSION: Foot massage can improve the sleep and decrease fatigue, therefore we recommend to use foot massage as a effective sleep related nursing intervention in the elderly who live in their home.

The Effect of Foot Massage on Stress in Student Nurses in Clinical Practice / 기본간호학회지

The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of foot massage on the stress of student nurses in clinical practice. The research design was a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The subjects of this study were 52 student nurses from three junior colleges and one university. The subjects were assigned to one of two groups:the experimental group(26 students), and the control group(26 students). The study was conducted from October to November 1999. For the experimental group the foot massage was performed once a day for 3 days, starting from the first day of clinical practice. Subjects' mood, fatigue, blood pressure and pulse rate were measured as dependent variables. The Instrument for mood and fatigue state was a 100mm visual analogue scale. For the experimental group pre and post tests were done just before and after every 3 foot massages and on the 7th clinical practice day. For the control group pretest was done on 1st clinical day and posttest was done on clinical practice 7th day. The data was analyzed by the t-test and paired t-test and the results are summarized as follows: 1. The mood state scores were significantly higher for the experimental group as compared to the control group after the foot massage(t=13.73, p<0.001). 2. The fatigue state scores were significantly lower for the experimental group as compared to the control group after the foot massage(t=8.69, p<0.001). 3. The systolic blood pressure was significantly different between the experimental group and the control group after the foot massage(t=3.0073, p<0.01). 4. The diastolic blood pressure was not significantly different between the experiment group and the control group after the foot massage. 5. The pulse rate was not significantly different between the experiment group and the control group after foot massage. 6. The mood state scores on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd massage day was significantly improved right after the foot massage. 7. The fatigue state scores on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd massage day were significantly lower right after the foot massage. 8. Systolic blood pressure on the 1st and 2nd massage day was significantly decreased right after the foot massage. Diastolic blood pressure and pulse rate were decreased right after massage but the change was not statistically significant. On the basis of the above findings, this study suggests that foot massage can be an effective stress relieving method for student nurses in clinical practice.