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Effects of Self-Foot Reflexology on the Stress, Fatigue and Sleep Pattern of the Nursing Students

자가발반사 마사지가 간호학생의 스트레스, 피로 및 수면양상에 미치는 효과

  • Received : 2017.01.05
  • Accepted : 2017.02.09
  • Published : 2017.04.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was performed to investigate the effects of self-foot reflexology on the stress, fatigue and sleep pattern of the nursing students. The research design was non-equivalent control group pretest and posttest design. The data were collected from January 18 to April 15, 2016. The participants were 68 nursing students. The instruments used for the study were the stress, fatigue, and sleep pattern. The data were analyzed by using SPSS 21.0 program. In order to compare the effect of the pre-post self foot reflexology, t-test was employed. There was significant differences in stress after providing self foot reflexology. but There was not significant differences in fatigue and sleep pattern after providing self foot reflexology. In conclusion, These findings suggest that self foot reflexology could be utilized as an effective nursing intervention to reduce stress.

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