Women's Health Nursing (여성건강간호학회지)
- Volume 6 Issue 4
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- Pages.579-593
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- 2000
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- 3022-7666(pISSN)
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- 3022-8247(eISSN)
The Effect of Foot Massage on Anxiety Response in Preoperative Patients undergoing Total Hysterectomy
발마사지가 자궁절제술 환자의 수술 전 불안에 미치는 효과
- Kim, Hye-Soon (Department of Nursing, GACHON GIL COLLEGE) ;
- Chang, Chun-Ja (Department of Nursing, GACHON GIL COLLEGE)
- Published : 2000.12.30
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of foot massage on anxiety response in preoperative patients undergoing total hysterectomy. Among the fifty patients, twenty-five were the experimental group receiving foot massage for 10-minutes and twenty-five were the control group. Subjects were admitted to a hospital in Inchon city for total hysterectomy. This study was carried out from July 10th, to September 18th, 2000. The levels of anxiety were measured by the Visual Aanalogue Scale(VAS). State Anxiety Scale, blood pressure, pulse rate and respiration rate. Data were analyzed using