Aim: A randomized controlled experimental study was conducted to determine the effect of hot water foot bath on daily living activities, sleep and fatigue levels in frail geriatric individuals. Method: The study was conducted at Eskişehir Çifteler State Hospital internal medicine clinic between 15.10.2023 - 15.07.2024. 30 patients who met the sample selection criteria were randomized into two groups (study and control). Foot bath was applied to the study group every evening for 10 days. The study group was evaluated twice times on the 1st, 11th days, and the control group was evaluated twice on the 1st and 11th days in terms of frailty level, daily living activities, insomnia and fatigue severity.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Hot Water Foot Bath:When the water temperature reached 40 ° C, the elderly person's feet were placed in the foot bath tub. The elderly person's feet were kept in the water for 20 minutes.
Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Eskişehir, Odunpazarı, Turkey (Türkiye)
Effect of hot water foot bath on daily living activities, sleep and fatigue levels in frail geriatric individuals
Frail geriatric individuals were given hot water foot baths. The effects of this application on the individuals' daily living activities, sleep and fatigue levels were investigated. In the study, the individuals were administered the Edmoton Frailty Scale, the Katz Daily Living Activities Scale, the Insomnia Severity Index and the Fatigue Severity Scale via face-to-face interviews.
Time frame: from registration until the end of the 40th day
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