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KMID : 1004620110170010046
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Clinical Nursing Research
2011 Volume.17 No. 1 p.46 ~ p.56
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The Effects of Foot Reflexology Massage on the Central Pain, Fatigue and Sleep in Stroke Patients
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Sung Min-Hee
Lee Mi-Hwa
Song Gab-Sun
Jun Eun-Mi
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was to evaluate the effects of foot reflexology massage on the central pain, fatigue and sleep in stroke patients.
Methods: The study utilized a non-equivalent control group pretest and posttest design. Subjects were contacted at the oriental medicine ward of D hospital in B city for strokes. The subjects were 25 in the experimental group and 23 in the control group. Collected data were analyzed central pain, fatigue and the change of sleep between pre and post foot reflexology massage using a t-test, x2-test, Fisher’s exact test by SPSS 12.0 Win program.
Results: There were significant decrease in the central pain, fatigue and change of sleep between pre and post foot reflexology massage.
Conclusion: The results proved that foot reflexology massage was an effective stroke patients to decrease in the central pain, fatigue and change of sleep. Therefore, this foot reflexology massage should be effective as a stroke patients.
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KEYWORD
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Foot reflexology massage, Stroke, Central pain, Fatigue, Sleep
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