School of Nursing, Maltepe University, Maltepe, Istanbul (Dr Kandemir); Department of Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beykent University, Istanbul, Turkey (Dr Abdullayev); Department of Surgical Nursing, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey (Dr Seyhan Ak); Department of Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey (Dr Altun Uğraş); and Department of Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Halic University, Istanbul, Turkey (Dr Kanan).
Holist Nurs Pract. 2022;36(2):112-118. doi: 10.1097/HNP.0000000000000428.
Operating room nurses often face acute or chronic back and low back pains, shoulder and neck injuries. In recent years, the use of complementary and alternative treatment methods has been increasing due to the fact that pharmacological treatment cannot control the pain in general, and its various side effects and cost. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of foot reflexology on low back pain of operating room nurses. This quasiexperimental study was conducted with 38 operating room nurses. The nurses in the experimental group were given a 30-minute reflexology protocol once a week for 4 weeks and their pain levels were assessed again at week 5. The control group nurses did not receive any intervention. Data were collected using a demographic information form and a visual analog scale (VAS). The low back pain of the nurses in the reflexology group decreased significantly at week 5 compared with week 1, whereas the severity of low back pain of the nurses in the control group did not change between weeks 1 and 5. There were no statistically significant differences between the groups in terms of the mean VAS pain score at week 1. However, the nurses in the reflexology group had significantly lower VAS pain mean scores at week 5 than the control group. In this study, reflexology significantly reduced the pain of nurses who had low back pain. Therefore, reflexology might be useful in controlling low back pain of operating room nurses.
手术室护士经常面临急性或慢性腰背疼痛、肩部和颈部损伤。近年来，由于药物治疗通常无法控制疼痛，且存在各种副作用和成本，因此越来越多地使用补充和替代治疗方法。本研究旨在探讨足部反射疗法对手术室护士腰痛的影响。这是一项准实验研究，共纳入 38 名手术室护士。实验组护士每周接受 30 分钟的反射疗法方案，共 4 周，并在第 5 周再次评估他们的疼痛水平。对照组护士未接受任何干预。使用人口统计学信息表和视觉模拟评分（VAS）收集数据。与第 1 周相比，反射疗法组护士的腰痛在第 5 周明显减轻，而对照组护士的腰痛在第 1 周至第 5 周之间没有变化。在第 1 周的 VAS 疼痛评分均值方面，两组之间没有统计学差异。然而，在第 5 周时，反射疗法组护士的 VAS 疼痛评分均值明显低于对照组。在这项研究中，反射疗法显著减轻了腰痛护士的疼痛。因此，反射疗法可能有助于控制手术室护士的腰痛。
