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KMID : 1004620140200010102
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Clinical Nursing Research
2014 Volume.20 No. 1 p.102 ~ p.112
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Effects of Foot Bath Therapy on Operating Room Nurses’ Lower Extremities Edema, Stress, and Fatigue
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Lee Young-Sin
Park Hae-Kyung
Kim Hyun-Jea
Jung Yun-Hee
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of foot bath therapy on operating room (OR) nurses’ lower extremities edema, stress, and fatigue.
Methods: This study used a randomized control group non-synchronized design. The data were collected from August to October 2013, and a total of 50 OR nurses in an university hospital in U Metropolitan City participated in the study: 25 nurses for the experimental group and 25 for the control group. The experimental group received foot bath in which feet were soaked in 40C° water and immersed up to ankle line for 20 minutes per a day for 12 times.
Results: There were significant decrease in the calf edema, physical stress, and fatigue between pre and post foot bath therapy.
Conclusion: The findings of this study show that foot bath had the effect in decreasing lower extremities edema, stress, and fatigue among OR nurses. Foot bath therapy, therefore, is suggested as a comfort and easy-to-use method in
clinical setting to reduce OR nurses’ lower extremities edema, stress, and fatigue.
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KEYWORD
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Foot bath therapy, Edema of the lower extremity, Stress, Fatigue, Operating room nurses
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