This study was planned as a randomized controlled experimental research design to examine the effect of foot reflexology applied to nurses working in the intensive care unit on stress, fatigue and low back pain.
The universe of the research consisted of a total of 90 nurses working in a university and a public hospital in a city. Among the nurses, those who meet the criteria for inclusion in the study will form the sample. Assignment to the intervention and control group will be determined in the computer environment using a simple randomization method (www.randomizer.org/). The number of samples was determined using power analysis. It was decided to recruit a total of 42 nurses, 21 for each group.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
42
reflexology foot massage
Ayşe Gül Parlak
Kars, Turkey (Türkiye)
pain severity
measurement of nurses' low back pain severity score A Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) is one of the pain rating scales. VAS pain score is evaluated as "painless" (score=0) and "worst pain" (score=10). score \<3 mild pain, 3-6 mild-to-moderate pain, and \>6 moderate-to-severe pain
Time frame: pre test
fatique
The fatigue severity scale There are 9 questions in the scale and each question consists of 7 points. An increase in the scale score indicates an increase in the level of fatigue. The scale determines the fatigue status of individuals in the last 1 month. Questions are scored as I totally disagree (1)- I totally agree. If the average score is 5 and above, it is considered as "fatigue".
Time frame: pre test
stress
Perceived Stress Scale ; There are 14 items in the scale, which was developed as a five-point Likert-type rating scale. The scale consists of "never (0), almost never" (1), "sometimes" (2), "often" (3) "very often" (4). The lowest and highest scores a participant can obtain from this scale are 0 and 56, respectively.
Time frame: pre test
pain severity
measurement of nurses' low back pain severity score A Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) is one of the pain rating scales. VAS pain score is evaluated as "painless" (score=0) and "worst pain" (score=10). score \<3 mild pain, 3-6 mild-to-moderate pain, and \>6 moderate-to-severe pain
Time frame: post test(at the end of the 4th week)
fatique
The fatigue severity scale There are 9 questions in the scale and each question consists of 7 points. An increase in the scale score indicates an increase in the level of fatigue. The scale determines the fatigue status of individuals in the last 1 month. Questions are scored as I totally disagree (1)- I totally agree. If the average score is 5 and above, it is considered as "fatigue".
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Time frame: post test (at the end of the 4th week)
stress
Perceived Stress Scale ; There are 14 items in the scale, which was developed as a five-point Likert-type rating scale. The scale consists of "never (0), almost never" (1), "sometimes" (2), "often" (3) "very often" (4). The lowest and highest scores a participant can obtain from this scale are 0 and 56, respectively.
Time frame: post test(at the end of the 4th week)