Journal of muscle and joint health (근관절건강학회지)
- Volume 2 Issue 2
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- Pages.160-167
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- 1995
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- 1975-9398(pISSN)
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- 2288-789X(eISSN)
Effects of Aquatic Exercise Program on Depression and Helplessness in Patients having Rheumatoid Arthritis
수중운동 프로그램이 류마티스 관절염 환자의 우울과 무기력감에 미치는 영향
- Kim, Jong-Soon (Basic Science Institute, Chung Nam National University)
- 김종순 (충남대학교 기초과학연구소)
- Published : 1995.11.23
Abstract
An aquatic exercise program is one of the nursing intervention for the patients having rheumatoid arthritis. The purpose of this study was to obtain the effect of aquatic exercise program on depression and helplessness in the rheumatoid arthritis patients. Thirty five patients with rheumatoid arthritis were the subjects of this study. who were treated to the rheumatism center at a hospital in Seoul from December 1992 to April 1993. The data were collected before and after aguatic excercise. All data collected were analyzed using percent, t-test, ANCOVA with SPSS