Clinical research on reducing anxiety of patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders by acupoint massage therapy in combination with footbath therapy
10.3760/j.issn.1674-2907.2014.04.021
- VernacularTitle:穴位按摩配合足浴疗法对改善胃肠功能紊乱患者焦虑的临床研究
- Author:
Xiaohui HOU
1
;
Xuefen HUANG
;
Qianfeng MA
;
Chunxia YANG
;
Ke HUANG
Author Information
1. 518033 广东省深圳市中医院脾胃病科病区
- Keywords:
Anxiety;
Nursing of Chinese medicine;
Acupoint massage;
Footbath therapy;
Functional gastrointestinal disorders
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2014;20(4):431-433
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the effect of reducing anxiety of patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders by acupoint massage therapy in combination with footbath therapy .Methods Eighty-six cases were randomly divided into control group and observation group , 43 cases in each group .The control group was treated with traditional psychological care method .Based on the control group , the observation group was adopted the acupoint massage therapy in combination with footbath therapy .The clinical improvements in each group was compared , and assess the anxiety of patients before and after the therapy using the self -rating anxiety scale ( SAS).Results The effective percentage of observation group was 95.35%, and it was significantly better than that of 74.42%in control group (χ2 =4.42, P<0.05).When patients first admitted to hospital, the scores of SAS were (53.42 ±5.81) in observation group and (53.33 ±5.73) in control group, respectively (t=0.07, P>0.05).Before discharge, the scores of SAS were (40.37 ±4.32) in observation group and (50.23 ±5.62) in control group, which showed a significant reducing sign of anxiety in observation group (t=9.12, P<0.01).Conclusions The acupoint massage therapy in combination with footbath therapy helps to eliminate patients ’ anxiety.The method is simple and less painful , which is helpful to obtaining patients’ enthusiasm of cooperation in treatment , and improving early recovery .
