Selva Daphine, S (2019) Effectiveness of Foot Reflexology on Level of Depression among Old Age People. Masters thesis, St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Nursing, Kanyakumari.
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Abstract
A pre experimental study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of foot reflexology on level of depression among old age people in selected old age homes at Kanyakumari District. Pre experimental one group pretest posttest design was adopted to evaluate the effectiveness of foot reflexology on level of depression among old age people. 50 participants were selected using purposive sampling technique. Yesavage’s Geriatric Depression scale was used to assess the level of depression among old age people. Pretest was done among old age people with depression and foot reflexology was given to the selected participants with mild and severe depression for 20 minutes, once in every three days for 10 sessions. The posttest was done after the intervention with the same scale. Findings reveal that pretest score of depression among old age people, none of them were normal, 38 (76%) of them had mild depression, 12 (24%) of them had severe depression. While analysing the posttest score of depression among old age people, 26 (52%) of them were normal, 18 (36%) of them had mild depression, 6 (12%) of them had severe depression. The mean pretest value was 17.94, the mean posttest value was 10.86, the standard deviation was 4.948 and the calculated ‘t’ value was 26.2*. The calculated ‘t’ value was greater than the table value, so there was a significant difference between pretest and posttest score. Hence the research hypothesis (H1) is accepted. The score represent that foot reflexology was effective in reducing the depression among old age people. There was no significant association between the level of depression among old age people with demographic variables such as age, sex, religion, education, previous occupation, previous income, present income, previous type of family, marital status, number of children, duration of stay in old age home, reason for joining old age home, medical illness. Hence the research hypothesis (H2) is rejected. As per the study the investigator concluded that the foot reflexology was effective in reducing the depression among old age people.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Additional Information: | 301731702 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Effectiveness, Foot Reflexology, Level of Depression, Old Age People. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jan 2022 03:58 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jan 2022 17:05 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/18974 |
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