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KMID : 0861120140180020059
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Korean Journal of Oriental Preventive Medicine
2014 Volume.18 No. 2 p.59 ~ p.67
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The pilot study for the effects of Doin-Angyo program in reducing stress among high school students in Gyeongsangbukdo, Korea
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Park Hye-Jung
Lee Sang-Jae
Lim Byung-Mook
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Abstract
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Objective : This study was to examine the effects of Doin-Angyo program, evidenced by East Asian Medicineliteratures, on stress among smoking adolescents.
Method : This study was a prospective community trial using a one-group, pretest?posttest design. As anintervention, Doin-Angyo program was implemented for 10 minutes per session, 3 days a week, for 6 weeksto smoking students who attend a Girl’s high school. Psychological stress was measured by self-reportquestionnaire and physiological stress was measured by salivary cortisol. The final sample for the questionnaireincluded 18 participants. In addition, pre- and post-salivary cortisol levels of 24 adolescents participatingin the last session were compared in order to identify the acute effects of Doin-Angyo program inreducing stress.
Results : There were no significant differences in overall stress-test results from the comparisons beforeand after the intervention. However, we found a significant going-down of the stress level(p = .032) in thequestion, “About School-work” among six sub-category questions. From the salivary cortisol tests in thelast session, we found, in comparison with the standard salivary cortisol density level, 0.3㎍/dL, the densitylevel tended to go down(p = .062) when higher than the standard, and it went up(p = .001) when lower thanthe standard, after 10 minute session.
Conclusion : The results of this pilot study supported the partial effect of Doin-Angyo program in reducingthe stress levels. The study protocol and results can be used to elaborate the community trials design aimingto prove the effect of Korean Medicine based health promotion modalities.
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KEYWORD
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Doin-Angyo, Stress reduction, Smoking cessation, Korean Medicine
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