The Effects of Self-Foot Reflexology Massage of the Physical Stress and Fatigue of the Nurses in Hemodialysis Units, Hospital
Park, Seo-Youn
Department of nursing
The Graduate School of
Gyeong-Sang National University
Directed by Professor Ahn, Hwa...
The Effects of Self-Foot Reflexology Massage of the Physical Stress and Fatigue of the Nurses in Hemodialysis Units, Hospital
Park, Seo-Youn
Department of nursing
The Graduate School of
Gyeong-Sang National University
Directed by Professor Ahn, Hwang-Ran , PhD., RN
Purpose : The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of self-foot reflexology massage on reducing the physical stress and fatigue of the Nurses in Hemodialysis Units, Hospital
Methods : A nonequivalent control-group pretest-posttest design was used for this quasi-experimental research. The researcher sampled 46 nephrology nurses in C-city via informed consent and divided them into experimental and control groups (23 participants each). The self-foot reflexology massage protocol was conducted for 12 sessions (30 minutes/session, three times a week for 4 weeks) from September 2 to 29, 2013. Data collection was done by pretest, experimental treatment and posttest 1(4 weeks) and 2(8 weeks) between August 19 and October 27, 2013. The obtained data were processed by the SPSS Win 18.0 program with real numbers, percentages, means, SDs, x²-test, independent t-test, paired t-test and Repeated measure ANOVA.
Results : The result of this study can be summarized as follow.
Hypothesis 1 (there would be differences in physical stress between the test group treated with the self-foot reflexology massage and the control group) was supported (F=12.092, p=.000).
Hypothesis 2 (there would be differences in fatigue between the test group treated with the self-foot reflexology massage and the control group) was supported (F=12.537, p=.000).
Conclusion : The results of this study suggest that the self-foot reflexology massage is effective in reducing physical stress and fatigue of the Nurses in Hemodialysis Units, Hospital. Therefore, the self-foot reflexology massage can be a useful intervention for managing physical stress and fatigue of stressful nurses.
Key Words : Self-Foot Reflexology Massage, the Physical Stress, the Fatigue, the Nurses in Hemodialysis Units, Hospital.