Why the study?
Does self-foot reflexology reduce stress and fatigue and improve blood circulation in premenopausal middle-aged women?
Does self-foot reflexology reduce stress and fatigue and improve blood circulation in premenopausal middle-aged women?
Self-foot reflexology may serve as an effective non-pharmacological nursing intervention to improve stress, fatigue, and blood circulation in middle-aged women.
May support self-foot reflexology as a nursing intervention; hypothesis-generating and requires larger RCTs before adoption.
PURPOSE: This study was to examine the effects of self-foot reflexology on stress, fatigue and blood circulation in premenopausal middle-aged women. METHODS: A quasi-experimental nonequivalent control group, pretest-posttest design was used. Participants were 59 premenopausal, middle-aged women in their 40s and 60s living in G city: 30 in the experiment group and 29 in the control group. Data were collected from May to August 2008. Self-foot reflexology was performed three times a week for 6 weeks for 40 min at each session. RESULTS: The results showed that self-foot reflexology was effective in reducing perceived stress and fatigue and helped blood circulation in premenopausal middle-aged women. CONCLUSION: Self-foot reflexology may be an effective nursing intervention in reducing perceived stress and fatigue and in improving blood circulation.
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