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- Title
Effects of Combined Foot Massage and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on the Stress Response in Middle-Aged Women.
- Authors
Lee, Young Mi; Yeun, Young Ran
- Abstract
Objective: Several intervention studies have suggested that foot massage and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) are beneficial for reducing the stress response. However, no randomized control trials have been conducted to examine these effects in middle-aged women, who are more commonly exposed to stress relative to others. This study aimed to examine the effects of combined self-administered foot massage and CBT on the psychophysiological stress response in Korean middle-aged women. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: Subjects were recruited from the social welfare center in Sahmcheok, Kangwondo, Korea. The subjects performed some of the massage at the center and some at home, and CBT was performed at the center. Subjects: Fifty-three women aged 45-64 years were randomly assigned to Group A (intervention, n = 31) or B (usual care, n = 30). Intervention: Combined self-administered foot massage and CBT. Outcome measures: Depression, anxiety, stress, blood pressure, heart rate, blood glucose (BG), and oxygen saturation were measured at baseline and 3-week follow-up. Results: Mean depression scores ( p = 0.021), stress scores ( p = 0.009), systolic blood pressure (SBP) ( p = 0.035), and BG levels ( p = 0.007) had decreased significantly subsequent to the intervention. Conclusion: Combined self-administered foot massage and CBT led to reductions in depression, stress, SBP, and BG levels. Therefore, the intervention could be an effective means of reducing the stress response in middle-aged women.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; BLOOD sugar analysis; DIAGNOSIS of mental depression; FOOT physiology; PREVENTION of psychological stress; ANALYSIS of covariance; ANXIETY; BLOOD pressure; BLOOD pressure measurement; CHI-squared test; CLINICAL trials; COGNITIVE therapy; COMBINED modality therapy; STATISTICAL correlation; KOREANS; MASSAGE therapy; PROBABILITY theory; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; PUBLIC welfare; RESEARCH evaluation; STATISTICAL sampling; SCALE analysis (Psychology); HEALTH self-care; T-test (Statistics); WOMEN'S health; STATISTICAL power analysis; EFFECT sizes (Statistics); RANDOMIZED controlled trials; PRE-tests &; post-tests; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MIDDLE age
- Publication
Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine, 2017, Vol 23, Issue 6, p445
- ISSN
1075-5535
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/acm.2016.0421