Yang Kyung-Hee, Park Kum-Sook, Lee Jeong-Ran
Department of Nursing, Wonkwang Health Science College, Iksan, Korea.
Taehan Kanho Hakhoe Chi. 2008 Feb;38(1):131-9. doi: 10.4040/jkan.2008.38.1.131.
The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of meridian massage on menopausal symptoms and Shin-Hur in middle-aged menopausal women.
The research design was a nonequivalent control group pre-post experimental design. The subjects of the study were middle-aged women who had had no menstruation in the last 12 months after the last menstrual bleeding. Cards of invitation on bulletin boards of several apartments were placed to recruit the subjects. The cards of invitation included: purpose of the study, eligibility criteria, method and period. Eighteen women in the experimental group and 16 women in the control group were conveniently assigned, respectively. The experimental group received 20 min meridian massage 3 times per week for 4 weeks. The menopausal symptoms and Shin-Hur were measured and compared between the two groups before and after the intervention. Data were analyzed with the SPSS program by Fisher's exact test, Wilcoxon Sign Rank test, Mann Whitney U-test and Spearman's rank correlation.
The experimental group showed a significant decrease of menopausal symptoms (U=77.00, p=.020) and Shin-Hur (U=76.00, p=.017). There was a significantly positive correlation between menopausal symptoms and Shin-Hur (r=.497, p=.003).
Meridian massage was effective in improving menopausal symptoms and Shin-Hur in middle-aged menopausal women. Thus it can be useful as a nursing intervention for menopausal women.
本研究旨在确定经络按摩对中年绝经女性更年期症状及身心不适的影响。
研究设计为非等效对照组前后实验设计。研究对象为末次月经出血后过去12个月无月经的中年女性。在几个公寓的公告板上张贴邀请函以招募受试者。邀请函包括：研究目的、纳入标准、方法和周期。分别便利地分配了18名实验组女性和16名对照组女性。实验组每周接受3次20分钟的经络按摩，共4周。在干预前后测量并比较两组的更年期症状和身心不适。数据用SPSS程序通过Fisher精确检验、Wilcoxon符号秩检验、Mann-Whitney U检验和Spearman秩相关进行分析。
实验组的更年期症状（U = 77.00，p = 0.020）和身心不适（U = 76.00，p = 0.017）显著降低。更年期症状与身心不适之间存在显著正相关（r = 0.497，p = 0.003）。
经络按摩对改善中年绝经女性的更年期症状和身心不适有效。因此，它可作为绝经女性的一种护理干预措施。
