Korean Journal of Adult Nursing (성인간호학회지)
- Volume 17 Issue 3
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- Pages.349-357
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- 2005
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- 1225-4886(pISSN)
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- 2288-338X(eISSN)
The Effects of Foot Reflexologic Massage on Blood Pressure and Sleep of the Elderly With Essential Hypertension
발반사마사지가 본태성 고혈압 노인의 혈압과 수면에 미치는 효과
- Han, Song-Hee (Department of Nursing, Dong-U College) ;
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Lee, Young-Hee
(Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Kwandong University)
- Received : 2005.01.28
- Accepted : 2005.06.03
- Published : 2005.08.30
Abstract
Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of foot reflexologic massage on blood pressure and sleep of elderly with essential hypertension. Method: This study was employed non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design. The subjects were divided into two groups: 20 elders for experimental group and 18 elders for control group. For experimental group, foot reflexologic massage was done three times at three-day intervals. The data analyzed by SPSS version 10.0 program. Result: The systolic and diastolic blood pressure after foot reflexologic massage did not show a significant difference between the two groups. In experimental group, there was a significant difference in the systolic(t=3.559, p=.001) and the diastolic blood pressure(t= 3.048, p=.004) that measured after foot reflexologic massage. There was a significant difference(t=2.665, p=.011) in sleep between the two groups. Conclusions: The results suggest that foot reflexologic massage was partially effective to reduce the degree of blood pressure and improve sleep of the elderly with essential hypertension. A follow up research is needed to compare and confirm its long-term effects.