The effect of foot reflexology applied to patients with hypertension on blood pressure, colesterol levels and quality of life

Abstract

Objective: In hypertension treatment, nonpharmacological precautions have an important place together with medication or alone. Those precautions usually eliminate any need for medication or help to reduce drug dose. One of the methods used in nonpharmacological treatment of diseases is reflexology. This research which was conducted as a self-controlled clinical trial to determine the effect of foot reflexology applied to patients with hypertension on blood pressure BP , cholesterol levels and quality of life. Method: The self-controlled clinical trial was applied on 219 patients with essential hypertension, and the patients were observed before and after the application. The data were collected using a questionnaire, a blood pressure and cholesterol levels record form, and short form-36 SF-36 quality of life scale. In evaluation of the data, Friedman Test and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test were used to test the difference between the groups. A p-value

Keywords

• Reflexology,hypertension,quality of life,cholesterol,nursing

Hipertansiyonlu hastalara uygulanan ayak refleksolojinin kan basıncı, kolesterol düzeyleri ve yaşam kalitesine etkisi

Abstract

Amaç: Hipertansiyon tedavisinde, ilaç tedavisine ek olarak veya tek başına nonfarmakolojik önlemlerin de önemli bir yeri vardır. Bu önlemler birçok defa ilaç tedavisi gerekliliğini ortadan kaldırabilmekte veya kullanılan ilaç dozunu azaltmaya yardımcı olabilmektedir. Hastalıkların tedavisinde kullanılan nonfarmokolojik yöntemlerden birisi refleksolojidir. Bu araştırma hipertansiyonlu hastalara uygulanan ayak refleksolojinin kan basıncı, kolesterol düzeyleri ve yaşam kalitesine etkisini belirlemek amacıyla kendinden kontrollü klinik çalışma olarak yapıldı. Yöntem: Kendinden kontrollü klinik çalışmanın örneklemini 219 esansiyel hipertansiyon tanısı olan hasta oluşturmuş, hastalar önce müdahale öncesi dönemde izlenmiş sonra müdahale uygulanmıştır. Araştırmada veriler; anket formu, kan basıncı ve kolesterol düzeyleri kayıt formu, kısa form-36 SF-36 yaşam kalitesi ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Elde edilen verilerin değerlendirilmesinde, gruplar arası farklılığı test etmek için Friedman ve Wilcoxon İşaretli Sıra testleri kullanılmıştır. Friedman testi karşılaştırmalarında p

Keywords

• Refleksoloji,hipertansiyon,yaşam kalitesi,kolesterol,hemşirelik

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