Effect of Foot Reflexomassage on Constipation-affected College Women

Ro, Seung Ok; Lee, Jae On; Yang, Kyung Sook

doi:2007.13.3.184

Korean J Women Health Nurs > Volume 13(3); 2007 > Article

Original Article

Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing 2007;13(3):184-191.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2007.13.3.184

Effect of Foot Reflexomassage on Constipation-affected College Women

Seung Ok Ro, Jae On Lee, Kyung Sook Yang

¹Department of Nursing, College of Shin-Heung, Korea. soronurse@hanmail.net
²Korean nurses association for complementary alternative therapy, Korea.
³Yongdong Severance Hospital, Korea.

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was to determine the effects of foot reflexomassage on constipated college women for the treatment of constipation. METHOD: The researcher sampled nursing students attending a college of nursing science in Gyeonggi-Do, and checked if they were affected by constipation in reference to the Rome II criteria & CAS. They were randomly divided into an experimental group(15 subjects) and a control group(15 subjects). Foot reflexomassage was applied to the experimental group 10 times in 2 weeks : each time lasted 40 minutes. The frequency of defecation and severity of constipation by CAS were measured. The collected data was analyzed using the SPSS 11.5 program. RESULT: The CAS score of the experimental group was significantly lower after foot reflexomassage than those of the control group (p=.000).
CONCLUSION
Foot reflexomassage can be considered an effective alternative treatment for constipated young women.

Key Words: Foot reflexotherapy; Constipation; Alternative therapies; Woman