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KMID : 1004620120180010052
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Clinical Nursing Research
2012 Volume.18 No. 1 p.52 ~ p.62
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Effects of Doin Gigong Exercise on Recovery from Facial Paralysis, Pain and Anxiety of Bell’s palsy Patients
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Sin Mi-Sook
Kim Yi-Soon
Lee Mi-Hwa
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was done to evaluate the effects of Doin Gigong Exercise on the Recovery from Facial
Paralysis, pain and anxiety in patients with Bell’s palsy.
Methods: A nonequivalent control group posttest-only non-synchronized design was used for this study. Participants were contacted at the oriental medicine ward of D hospital in Busan and assigned to either the experimental group (25) or control group (25). Collected data were analyzed for changes in recovery from facial paralysis, in pain and in anxiety between pre and post Doin Gigong Exercise. Data analysis was done using t-test, Fisher’s exact test, x2-test with the SPSS 12.0 Win program.
Results: There were significant decreases in the lip paralysis status pain and in anxiety between pre and post
Doin Gigong Exercise.
Conclusion: The results indicate that Doin Gigong Exercise is effective for patients with Bell’s palsy to decrease lip paralysis, pain and anxiety and therefore, an effective intervention for use with patients with Bell’s palsy.
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KEYWORD
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Doin Gigong Exercise, Bell’s palsy patients, Facial paralysis status, Pain, Anxiety
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