ABSTRACT
Shiatsu, a specific type of massage, was used as an intervention in this study of 66 individuals complaining of lower back pain. Each individual was measured on state/trait anxiety and pain level before and after four shiatsu treatments. Each subject was then called 2 days following each treatment and asked to quantify the level of pain. Both pain and anxiety decreased significantly over time. Extraneous variables such as gender, age, gender of therapist, length of history with lower back pain, and medications taken for lower back pain did not alter the significant results. These subjects would recommend shiatsu massage for others suffering from lower back pain and indicated the treatments decreased the major inconveniences they experienced with their lower back pain.
Subject(s)
Acupressure , Low Back Pain/therapy , Adult , Aged , Analysis of Variance , Anxiety/therapy , Female , Holistic Nursing/methods , Humans , Low Back Pain/psychology , Male , Middle Aged , Pain Measurement , Patient Satisfaction , Time Factors , Treatment OutcomeSubject(s)
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate , Education, Nursing, Graduate , Power, Psychological , Students, Nursing , Administrative Personnel , Correspondence as Topic , Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate/economics , Education, Nursing, Graduate/economics , Humans , Interprofessional Relations , Iowa , Politics , Training Support/organization & administration , UniversitiesABSTRACT
This study indicates nursing educators have developed a sensitivity to the issues of program evaluation, are interested and committed to demonstrating accountability to their various audiences through the process of program evaluation, and recognize the contribution a model of program evaluation can make to the evaluative procedures they must implement. At this time, however, nursing education could benefit from the introduction of a new or revised model of program evaluation that is easily understood by the nursing faculty and adapts well to the specific concerns of the nurse educator.
