The Effect of Foot Bath Therapy on Post-operation Pain, Stress, HRV in Hand Replantation Patients / 산업간호학회지
Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
;
: 105-112, 2011.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-125040
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of foot bath therapy on post-operation pain, stress, HRV of hand replantation patients.METHODS:
Quasi-experimental study design and non-equivalent control group pre & post test repeated measure design were employed for this experiment. 47 subjects were selected for this study. 25 subjects of experimental group participated in foot bath program had foot bath 11 times for 2 weeks; 22 subjects of control group didn't have foot bath. Pain was digitized numerically by using Visual Analogue Scale, stress was measured by stress perception questionnaire, and HRV was measured by using Cnopy9 (IEMBIO).RESULTS:
The collected data were analyzed by using SPSS 17.0 Win program. (1) The difference between experimental group and control group was shown statistically significant in aspect of pain (p.05).CONCLUSION:
Foot bath program was an effective intervention for pain loss and perception of stress reduction. But it wasn't effective for HRV.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Replantation
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Baths
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Foot
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Hand
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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