The Effect of Foot Reflexology on Stress, Fatigue, and Low Back Pain in Intensive Care Unit Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ayşe Gül PARLAK Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Yeliz Akkuş Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
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| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | PAIN MANAGEMENT NURSING (Q2) | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 1524-9042 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SSCI | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 10-2024 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 25 / 5 / 494–500 | DOI | 10.1016/j.pmn.2024.05.013 |
| Makale Linki | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2024.05.013 | ||
| Özet |
| ObjectivesThis study, which uses a randomized controlled design, aimed to determine the effect of foot reflexology on stress, fatigue, and low back pain (LBP) in intensive care unit (ICU) nurses.MethodsThe study was conducted with intensive care unit nurses at two hospitals in a city between September 2022 and April 2023. The study sample consisted of 42 nurses, 21 of whom had low back pain for at least 3 months and 21 of whom were controls. In the study, foot reflexology was applied to the intervention group for 20 minutes (10 minutes on each foot) once a week for 4 weeks. There was no intervention applied to the control group. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), and the Visual Analog Scale (VAS).FindingsBased on the change in the mean scores of the scale in the intervention and control groups over time, a … |
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