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KMID : 1004620050110010047
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Clinical Nursing Research
2005 Volume.11 No. 1 p.47 ~ p.56
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The Effect of Stretching Exercise upon Depression and Motivation for Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients
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양경순
석소현/김귀분
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Abstract
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Purpose:This study was conducted to confirm that stretching exercise is one of the nursing interventions that can reduce depression and motivate the stroke patients for rehabilitation.
Method:The design of this study was one group pretest-posttest design. Data were collected from the 1st of March to the 30th of April, 2004. and the subject of this study was a group of 30 patients being hospitalised for stroke in a national medical center. The tools of this study were CES-D for depression, and PAREMO for motivation of rehabilition. The collected data have been processed using SPSS/WIN 11.0.
Result:The results of this study were as follows: Hypothesis 1: The experimental group that took part in stretching exercise will show lower level of depression after the participation than before,’ was supported (t=9.236, p=.000). Hypothesis 2: ’The experimental group that took part in stretching exercise will show higher motivation for rehabilitation after the participation than before,’ was supported (t=-11.16, p=.000).
Conclusion:It is confirmed that stretching exercise which was intervened in this study is one of the nursing interventions that lowers the level of depression and promotes motivation for rehabilitation of the stroke patients, that helps to improve their (mental) psychological problems.
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