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Complex Effects of Alternative Beauty Therapy on Stress Relaxation (미용대체요법이 스트레스 완화에 미치는 복합적 영향)

  • Kwon, Hye-Jin
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.9 no.12
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    • pp.331-336
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to help female office workers in relieving their stress in rapidly changing modern society and maintaining a healthy and beautiful life by analyzing the complex effects of alternative beauty therapy on stress relaxation targeting 50 female office workers in their 30s to 40s, usually showing a high stress index due to their work. Aroma therapy and dry relax massage were carried out for 15 minutes as a beauty therapy, and stress index of the subjects was confirmed through survey before performing the beauty therapy. The experiment was conducted once a week for four weeks, and the cortisol concentration in saliva was analyzed for the outcome measurement. As a result, average stress index was 3.97 which showed a high value, and the cortisol concentration of the subjects after the experiment decreased significantly (p<0.05), and especially subjects who were married and had caregiving responsibility showed more changes in their cortisol concentration. The above result shows that dry relax massage using aroma is highly effective for mind and body relaxation of women in their 30s to 40s who are significantly stressed. If such beauty measures are applied properly, it is judged to be helpful for managing the stress.

The Effects of Relaxation on Stress and Blood Pressure Induced by Cognitive Distress Game among College Students (대학생에게 적용한 이완요법이 인지압박게임으로 인해 유발된 스트레스와 혈압에 미치는 영향)

  • Song, Mi-Ryeong;Kim, Sung-Hee
    • Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.8-15
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of relaxation on stress and blood pressure of the college students induced by a cognitive distress game. Methods: The subjects for this research were 18 individuals whose stress index scores were below 4.0 (Asan city). The 18 subjects were divided into two, 9 students were assigned to the experimental group and the other 9 students to the control group randomly. Survey was used to gather data to recognize general characteristics and the level of stress and blood pressure were measured before and after cognitive distress game and relaxation. The gathered data were analyzed with frequency, $X^2$-test, Wilcoxon signed ranks test and Mann Whitney U test using SPSS 14.0 program. Results: Both level of stress and blood pressure displayed a statistically significant difference pre and post cognitive distress game. Relaxation had a statistically significant effect on level of stress. Relaxation, however, did not have statistically significant effect on blood pressure. Conclusion: The above results suggest that while relaxation was effective in reducing level of stress for college students, and therefore recommendable as a means to deal with stress. However, to investigate the effects on physiological index such as blood pressure, further research is needed.

Biofeedback Treatment for Insomnia (불면증의 바이오피드백 치료)

  • Koo, Moon-Sun;Yu, Bum-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.18-24
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    • 2006
  • Insomnia is associated with numerous psychiatric and physical conditions, and hyperarousal is known to play an important role in the development of insomnia. There are a lot of limitations to use hypnotic medications for the treatment of insomnia. As psychological factors can greatly affect the development and progress of insomnia, several non-pharmacological treatment methods have been used for insomnia. Biofeedback is effective in the treatment of insomnia and its treatment effect lasts considerably long. Biofeedback together with relaxation techniques can reduce levels of arousal in insomnia patients so that they are effective for induction and maintenance of sleep. In conclusion, biofeedback treatment seems to be very helpful for insomnia patients who show high levels of arousal and have limitations in the use of hypnotic medications.

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The Effects of Relaxation Therapy on Anxiety and Stress of Pregnant Women with Preterm Labor (이완요법이 조기진통 임부의 불안과 스트레스에 미치는 효과)

  • Choi, Myung-Sook;Park, Young-Joo
    • Women's Health Nursing
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.336-347
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of relaxation therapy on state anxiety, preterm labor stress, blood pressure, skin temperature, pulse rate of pregnant women with preterm labor and heart rate of their babies. Methods: The participants were 55 pregnant women with preterm labor who hospitalized from May, 2009 to January, 2010. 29 participants were assigned to experimental group and the other 26 participants to control group. All of them were not have any other complications except preterm labor. The relaxation therapy was applied to the experimental group for 5 days. Data were analyzed by the SPSS/WIN 14.0 program. Results: The state anxiety score and the preterm labor stress score of experimental group were statistically significant lower than those of control group. In addition, the systolic and diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate of experimental group were statistically lower than those of control group. The skin temperature of experimental group was higher than that of control group. However, the fetal heart rate of experimental group was not statistically significant lower than fetal heart rate of control group. Conclusion: From these findings, it is concluded that relaxation therapy may be an effective nursing intervention for pregnant women with preterm labor.

A Meta-Analysis of Effects of Relaxation Therapy on Anxiety and Blood Pressure (이완요법이 불안과 혈압에 미치는 효과에 대한 메타분석)

  • 김희승;송혜향;최소은
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.282-292
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    • 2000
  • A meta-analysis of 14 quasi-experimental studies was conducted to compare the effect of size on various relaxation therapies applied to patients and health volunteer students. These studies were selected from theses, dissertations and papers that have been done between 1982 to 1993. Also They have a randomized or nonequivalent control group in a pre test-post test design. The studies were evaluated in different ways; 1) types of relaxation therapy, 2) total amount of time of relaxation therapy, and 3) types of outcome variables. For a group of homogenious studies, the weighted mean effect size and standard error were estimated. Some findings are summarized as follows : 1. Jacobson relaxation therapy had a larger effect on systolic and diastolic blood pressures than on state anxiety. 2. For the total time of relaxation therapy, (longer than 60 minutes) had a much larger effect in decreasing systolic and diastolic blood pressures than in the case of a time period shorter than 60 minutes. 3. Relaxation therapy applied to surgery patients also had a larger effect in decreasing state anxiety than when applied to other patients.

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The Effects of Relaxation Therapy on Pain and Anxiety in Spinal Anesthesia Surgery Patients (척추마취 수술환자의 불안감소를 위한 이완요법 적용 효과)

  • Moon, Hyeun-Sook;Lee, Hyang-Yeon;Lee, Ji-A
    • Journal of East-West Nursing Research
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.54-62
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    • 2009
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of relaxation therapy to reduce anxiety level among spinal anesthesia surgery patients. Methods: The study employed a quasi-experimental pre-and-posttest design with nonequivalent control group. The experimental group was provided with the 15-min muscle relaxation therapy on the day before the surgery and an hour before the spinal anesthesia. Data were collected from 44 patients (22 in experimental and 22 in control group) who were planned to have spinal anesthesia surgery from an orthopedic surgery department at a general hospital in Seoul from January 13 to March 21, 2006. Results: The experimental group reported lower level of state anxiety after the surgery (23.18 vs. 33.64) than did control group but was not statistically significant. There were no significant differences in blood pressure or pulse rate between experimental and control groups after surgery. Conclusions: The further research should be conducted to polish the muscle relaxation therapy for various types of patients and to create more comfortable environment setting for application of the therapy. The muscle relaxation therapy may be a convenient and useful nursing intervention to reduce anxiety among spinal anesthesia surgery patients if more studies prove its effectiveness.

The Effect of Ear-Therapy on Change of Adolescence Brain Function (이(耳)봉요법이 청소년기 뇌기능변화에 미치는 영향)

  • Byun, Youn-Eon
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.11 no.9
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    • pp.3284-3288
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    • 2010
  • This experiment, through the use of Ear-Therapy by a Cylindrical bar, analyzed the change of adolescence brain function. For this experiment, from the months of Nov. until Dec. 2009, 41 subjects were selected students the experimental group 21, the comparison group 20 that adolescence lives in Kyonggi-do southern region. pre and post treatment were measured with a paired t-test. The results of study confirmed significant change of mental relaxation quotient. Therefore, this results show that Ear-Therapy is a effective for mental stress reduction and mental relaxation in adolescence brain function.

Efficacy of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Training in Reducing Nausea and Vomiting, Anxiety and Symptom Distress of Cancer Chemotherapy (근육이완요법이 항암화학요법으로 인한 오심구토, 불안, 불편감의 감소에 미치는 영향)

  • 송미순;신계영
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.195-203
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    • 1987
  • Twenty five cancer patients were assigned to two groups: The experimental group which received Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) training and the control group without the training. Base line data for dependent variables -nausea and vomiting, state anxiety and symptom distress- were collected when the subjects of both groups received the first cycle chemotherapy. Then the experimental group was trained for PMR between the first and the second cycle chemotherapy. The same dependent variables were measured during the second cycle chemotherapy from the subjects. Results indicated that the PMR group showed no significant difference in severity of nausea and vomiting compared to the control group. Although the significance was not supported, the severity of nausea and vomiting in experimental group decreased while control group increased between the first and fifth day of the second cycle chemotherapy. The experimental group showed significantly less state anxiety during the second cycle than the control group (p<0.01). Significantly low symptom distress was also reported in the experimental group compared to the control group(p<0.01). The result suggests that PMR training may be an effective procedure for helping cancer patients cope with the adverse effects of their chemotherapy.

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Practice in Relaxation Techniques (이완요법의 실제)

  • Joe, Sook-Haeng
    • Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.93-102
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    • 2001
  • The relaxation response is a state of profound rest, creates physiological responses directly opposite to the stress response. The relaxation response can be used to counteract the harmful effects of stress. The relaxation response can be elicited by a number of techniques such as diaphragmatic breathing, meditation, progressive muscle relaxation, autogenic training, biofeedback, etc. These relaxation methods in any mental or physical conditions associated with distress and even in normal people have useful benefits for stress control and health enhancement. These relaxation techniques are but one part of a comprehensive stress management program, through regular and continuous practice appropriate for each person, they will make an effective role in stress management. In this review, author reviewed how to practically use meditation, progressive muscle relaxation and autogenic training, in more detail. In the treatment of various stress-related disease, especially in psychiatric disorders, the relaxation technique may be a useful complement to conventional treatment and serves as an intervention between stress and disease.

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Non Pharmacological Approaches in the Irritable Bowel Syndrome (과민성 장 증후군의 증상 경감을 위한 비약물적 접근 고찰)

  • Choe, Myoung-Ae;Kim, Keum-Soon;An, Gyeong-Ju;Chae, Young-Ran;Choi, Jung-An;Hong, Hae-Sook;Park, Mi-Jung;Lee, Kyung-Sook;Shin, Gi-Soo;Jeong, Jae-Sim
    • Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.49-57
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    • 2005
  • There have been many trials of clinical efficacy of multi component and single component treatments for irritable bowel syndrome(IBS). We reviewed effects of non phamacological treatments in the IBS. Though the efficacy of multi-component approaches was unclear, several results suggest that cognitive behavioral therapy was effective in improving gastrointestinal symptoms of IBS. As a single component, cognitive therapy and relaxation with or without biofeedback could improve the symptoms and psychological health of IBS patients. Yoga, meditation, self-help information and hypnotherapy could be applicable to IBS.

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