Applied Effect of Auricular Acupressure Therapy on Insomnia for Korean Elderly

한국노인의 불면증에 대한 이압요법의 적용 효과

Purpose: This study was to examine the applied effect of auricular acupressure therapy on insomnia for Korean elderly. Methods: Design was one group pretest-posttest measure study. Subjects were total 28 elderly with 65 years old and over in appropriate criteria. Experimental treatment was a auricular acupressure therapy during 3 days/a term, and this was applied on 4 series. Measures were sleep measurement (Cronbach's ${\alpha}$= .72) developed by Oh et al.(1998) and self satisfaction measurement on sleep (visual analogy scale) developed by authors. Data were collected from March 2005 to February 2006, and analyzed by SPSS PC+ 12 according to the aims of this study. Results: 1. After receiving the auricular acupressure therapy with 4 series, sleep scores were significantly increased (t=-40.600, p=.000). 2. After receiving the auricular acupressure therapy with 4 series, self satisfaction scores on sleep were significantly increased (t=-54.645, p=.000). Conclusions: Auricular acupressure therapy can be a better nursing intervention to decrease insomnia of elderly. Auricular acupressure therapy will be able to improve ultimately the quality of life for Korean elderly.