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American Journal of Advances in Nursing Research

Volume 11, Issue 1, 2024
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American Journal of Advances in Nursing Research
Issn
XXX-XXXX (Print), 2349 – 0691 (Online)
Frequency
bi-annual
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Title
EFFECT OF THERAPEUTIC BACK MASSAGE ON QUALITY OF SLEEP AMONG ELDERLY HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS AT SRI RAMAKRISHNA HOSPITAL, COIMBATORE
Author
Shrikant K. Nair
Email
nairshrikantk@gmail.com
keyword
Quality of sleep, Hospitalized, Elderly, Therapeutic, Back Massage.
Abstract
An interventional study was conducted to assess the effect of therapeutic back massage on quality of sleep among elderly hospitalized patients at Sri Ramakrishna hospital, Coimbatore. Quasi Experimental Pre-Test Post Test Control group design was used to conduct the study. A convenient sample of 32 elderly hospitalized patients with disturbance in quality of sleep, were randomly assigned to experimental and control group in the study. Quality of sleep was assessed by using Groningen sleep quality scale. Therapeutic back massage was given as one session of twenty-two minutes for 3 consecutive nights to the patients of experimental group along with routine nursing care and for the control group only routine nursing intervention was given. The obtained data was analyzed by using the appropriate descriptive and inferential statistical methods. The results show that there was a significant improvement in the quality of sleep after the administration of therapeutic back massage in the patients of experimental group and there was no significant change in the quality of sleep of patients in control group. Hence it was concluded that therapeutic back massage was effective in improving the quality of sleep among elderly hospitalized patients.
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