• 한국콘텐츠학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘텐츠학회 2016년도 춘계 종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.379-380
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• 2016

본 연구는 빠르게 진행되고 있는 노인 인구의 증가에 따라 노인들의 사회적, 경제적, 건강상의 복잡한 문제로 발생되는 정신병 문제가 대두되고 있고. 그중 우울증은 노인들의 자살로 이끄는 중대한 질병이므로 본 연구에서는 간단한 자가 치료가 가능한 귀자극 요법을 활용하여 노인들의 우울증에 대한 치료 효과를 알아보고 이에 대한 활용 방법을 제시하고 한다.

• 동서간호학연구지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2009

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of auriculotherapy on sleep disorders in the elderly. Methods: The study was a quasi-experimental design with a non-equivalent control group pre-post post-test. The participants were 43 elderly, members of community senior centers, experimental group were 23 elderly, and control group were 20 elderly. For the experimental group, small seeds (semen vaccaria) were applied to five locations of both auricular skin surfaces: shen men, heart, anterior lobe, occiput, and spleen of posterior surface. The seeds were applied every week, and remained in surfaces for 5 days. The procedure were repeated 4 times. The control group was not treated. The collected data were statistically processed using SPSS 12.0 version and the data was analyzed for descriptive statistics and t-test. Results: The experimental group had a greater improvement in sleep scale score (t=-4.717, p<.001) and sleep satisfaction score (t=-6.095, p<.001) as compared to the control group. Conclusions: Auriculotherapy by small seeds (semen vaccaria) is effective in allaying sleep disorders in the elderly. The results may be useful to community health nurses.