Effectiveness of Short Term Foot Massage on Mean Arterial Pressure among Neurosurgical Patients at Surgical ICU

This hydrostatic pressure is around 100 mmHg and varies with height. The mean arterial pressure on the foot may therefore increase to 90–190 mmHg and the venous pressure may increase to about 10–110 mmHg upon adoption of the erect position. Passive exercise such as foot massage can have a calming impact by lowering blood pressure and sympathetic nervous system activity. Reducing blood pressure and boosting the body’s blood flow. Short-term foot massage is a systematic technique in which the health of connected body parts can be affected by applying pressure to specific points on the hands and feet. This study aimed to examine the immediate effects of brief foot massage on mean arterial Pressure among neurosurgical patients admitted to intensive care units. The following are the objectives of the study, to determine the patient with neurosurgery’s pre-test level mean arterial pressure, to evaluate the impact of brief foot massage on patients undergoing neurosurgery’s mean arterial pressure, and to relate the post-test mean arterial pressure to a few demographic factors. For this study, a quantitative research strategy was adopted. This study used a quasi-experimental research design as its methodology. The study was carried out at SMCH. Based on inclusion criteria, a total of 60 study participants were chosen through convenience sampling. A demographic questionnaire and a blood pressure data sheet, which were filled out by observation, interviewing, and physiologic measurement, were used to gather study data. The study results show that the calculated paired ‘t’ test value of t = 6.078 between before 1 min and after 5 minutes and after 1 minute and after 5 minutes was found to be statistically significant at p<0.001 level. This infers that the short-term foot massage administered among the neurosurgical patients was found to be effective in reducing the level of mean arterial pressure.