Clinical research on reducing anxiety of patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders by acupoint massage therapy in combination with footbath therapy

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of reducing anxiety of patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders by acupoint massage therapy in combination with footbath therapy .Methods Eighty-six cases were randomly divided into control group and observation group , 43 cases in each group .The control group was treated with traditional psychological care method .Based on the control group , the observation group was adopted the acupoint massage therapy in combination with footbath therapy .The clinical improvements in each group was compared , and assess the anxiety of patients before and after the therapy using the self -rating anxiety scale （ SAS）.Results The effective percentage of observation group was 95.35%, and it was significantly better than that of 74.42%in control group （χ2 =4.42, P＆lt;0.05）.When patients first admitted to hospital, the scores of SAS were （53.42 ±5.81） in observation group and （53.33 ±5.73） in control group, respectively （t=0.07, P＆gt;0.05）.Before discharge, the scores of SAS were （40.37 ±4.32） in observation group and （50.23 ±5.62） in control group, which showed a significant reducing sign of anxiety in observation group （t=9.12, P＆lt;0.01）.Conclusions The acupoint massage therapy in combination with footbath therapy helps to eliminate patients ’ anxiety.The method is simple and less painful , which is helpful to obtaining patients’ enthusiasm of cooperation in treatment , and improving early recovery . Key words: Anxiety; Nursing of Chinese medicine; Acupoint massage; Footbath therapy; Functional gastrointestinal disorders