Journal of East-West Nursing Research (동서간호학연구지)
- Volume 12 Issue 1
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- Pages.25-32
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- 2006
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- 1226-4938(pISSN)
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- 2671-8448(eISSN)
Effect of Koryo Hand Therapy on Menopausal Symptoms and Attitude in Perimenopausal Women
수지요법이 폐경증상과 태도에 미치는 효과
- Shin, Hye-Sook (College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Song, Young-A (College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University)
- Published : 2006.12.31
Abstract
Purpose: This study was to examine the effects of Koryo Hand Therapy on menopausal symptoms and attitude in permenopausal women. Methods: The research design was a nonequivalent controlgroup pretest-posttes. The subjects consisted of 45 women between the ages of 40 and 60 years in the Gyeonggi-do, Korea. There were 23 women in the experimental group and 22 in the control group. In this study, the experimental group received KHT of three times a week, for a total of 8weeks. The instruments for this study were to measure the effects of KHT were the menopausal symptoms scale and attitudes to the menopause(Maoz, Downty, Antonovsky & Wijsenbeek, 1970). The data were analyzed by