Abstract
BACKGROUND: This study examined the water therapy in the form of hot foot bath (HFB) for improving sleep quality among the obese patients with insomnia. We have recruited 8 obese patients with known history ofMETHODOLOGY: insomnia. The patients were instructed to drink a glass of tepid water and sit in the foot bath by immersing legs in a HFB tub up to mid of the calf muscles for 20 min before bedtime. The Alice PDX is a portable monitor used for the assessment of quality of sleep in a normal day and HFB intervention day. After the HFB, Total sleep time (TST [90 min])RESULTS: increased, with reduction in the sleep latency time (SL [20 min]). There was a significant improvement in the N3 stage sleep time (10 min) with moderate reduction in the wake after sleep onset time (WASO [18min]) among obese patients. CONCLUSION: The findings above showed that single session of HFB intervention improves sleep quality among the obese participants.
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