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Effect of Foot Reflexo-massage on Sleep, Fatigue, Vital Signs and Blood Sugar Levels in Hospitalized Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

  Purpose: This study was done to test the effect of foot reflexo-massage on sleep, fatigue, vital signs and blood sugar levels in elderly Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Method: The research was nonequivalent control group quasi-experimental design. 17 patients were assigned to the experimental group, 17 patients to the control group, The data were obtained from hospitalized patients from V hospital in D city from March 15 to May 28, 2004. The experimental group received foot reflexo-massage for 25 minutes on each foot 2 times a week during 6 weeks. And the control group were not received the foot reflexo-massage. The dependent variables were sleep, fatigue, blood pressure, pulse and blood sugar level. Data were processed by SPSS 11.0 and analysed with x²-test, t-test at 0.05 level of significance. Result: There were significant difference in the sleep, fatigue, systolic pressure, pulse and blood sugar level between experimental group and control group. Conclusion: foot reflexo-massage is effective on sleep, fatigue, blood pressure, pulse and blood sugar level for elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. So foot reflex-massage will be a good nursing intervention for type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.