발반사마사지가 무용전공 학생들의 변비완화에 미치는 효과

Abstract

본 연구는 발반사 마사지가 무용전공 학생들의 변비완화에 미치는 효과를 확인하는데 목적이 있었다. 자료수집기간은 2009년 7월 13일부터 2009년 8월23일 까지 였으며, 연구 대상은 부산 B예술고등학교 무용학과 2학년학생48명의 설문조사를 통해 변비 증세가 있는 학생 21명에게 본 연구의 목적과 취지를 설명하고 동의를 받았다. 연구대상 21명을 임의로 실험군 10명, 대조군 11명으로 집단을 구분하였다. 연구방법은 사전조사로 일반적 특성, 체중관리 특성, 변비관련 특성(변비사정척도, 배변횟수, 배변형태)을 조사하였다. 실험군은 6주간 주 2회 점심식사 1시간 후인 오후 1시부터 3시 30분까지, 저녁식사 1시간 후인 오후 7시부터 8시 30분까지 개인당 30분간 총 12회 발반사 마사지를 실시하였다. 자료 분석은 SPSS(Statistical Package for Social Science) v. 12.0 통계패키지 프로그램을 활용하여 통계학적 특성을 알아보기 위하여 빈도분석, 동질성 검증을 위해 독립표본 t-test, 일원변량분석(one way ANOVA)을 실시하였다.

연구 결과는 다음과 같았다.

1. 실험군과 대조군의 일반적 특성은 통계적으로 유의미한 차이는 나타나지 않았으며 두 집단은 동질한 집단으로 볼 수 있다.(p>.05)

2. 집단별 시간 경과에 따른 변비사정점수의 차이를 보기 위해 실험군 및 대조군의 단순 주 효과분석(simple effect)을 실시한 결과 실험 전에 비해 실험 1주(F=.091, p>.05)나 실험 2주(F=1.755, p>.05)의 변비사정점수는 유의한 차이는 나타나지 않았으나 실험 3주(F=13.465, p<.01) 이후부터 유의한 차이가 나타남을 알 수 있으며, 최종 실험 6주(F=125.857, p<.01)이후에도 유의한 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

3. 집단별 시간 경과에 따른 배변횟수의 차이를 보기 위해 실험군 및 대조군의 단순 주 효과분석(simple effect)을 실시한 결과 실험 전에 비해 실험 1주(F=.2.166, p>.05)의 배변횟수는 유의한 차이는 나타나지 않았으나 실험 2주(F=58.488, p<.01) 이후부터 유의한 차이가 나타남을 알 수 있으며, 최종 실험 6주(F=287.557, p<.01)이후에도 유의한 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

4. 배변형태에 차이가 있는지를 알아보기 위하여 교차분석을 실시한 결과, 실험군의 경우 실험전 90%가 경변이었으나 실험 6주차 이후 90%가 일반연변으로 유의하게 변화된 것으로 나타났으나 대조군의 경우 실험전 36.4%가 경변이었으나 실험 6주차 90.0%가 경변인 것으로 나타나 다소 차이를 보였다. 따라서 실험군의 배변형태가 유의하게 완화된 것으로 볼 수 있으며, 실험군이 실시한 발반사 마사지가 배변형태 완화에 효과가 있었음을 알 수 있다.

이상의 연구결과로 변비가 있는무용전공 학생들에게 실시한 발반사 마사지는 주당 변비횟수 증가와 변비사정점수 감소,배변 형태에 일부 효과가 있는 것으로 나타나 변비 완화에 효과적인 중재방안임이 확인되었다. | The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of foot reflex massage on the constipation of high school dance majors. Data were gathered from July 13 to August 23, 2009. The subjects in this study were 21 juniors who majored in dance in B arts high school in the city of Busan. After 48 dance juniors were surveyed to find out whether they suffered from constipation, 21 constipated students were explained about the intent and purpose of the study, and they were randomly divided into an experimental group and a control group with 10 and 11 respectively with their consent. A pretest was carried out to check their general characteristics, weight control and constipation-related characteristics(CAS, frequency of evacuation and form of evacuation). Foot reflex massage was provided to the experimental group during a six-week period of time, twice a week, 30 minutes each, at 1 to 3.30 p.m. and 7 to 8:30 p.m. which were respectively one hour after they had lunch and dinner. They received the massage 12 times in total. The collected data were analyzed with a SPSS(Statistical Package for Social Science) Ver. 12.0 program. A frequency analysis was conducted to obtain statistical data, and independent-samples t-test was utilized to see if the two groups were equivalent. Besides, one-way ANOVA was employed. The findings of the study were as follows: 1. There were no statistically significant gaps between the experimental and control groups in general characteristics, which showed that they could be said to be equivalent(p>.05). 2. The simple effect of the experiment was investigated to see if there were any significant changes in CAS with the lapse of time, and no significant change was found in CAS in the first week(F=.191, p>.05) and second week(F=1.755, p>.05) of the experiment. But they underwent significant changes in and after the third week(F=13.465, p<.01). And a significant change was found in the sixth week(F=125.857, p<.01) of the experiment as well. 3. The simple effect of the experiment was checked to look for any possible changes in evacuation frequency. There was no significant change in that regard in the first week(F=2/166. p>.05), but they started to undergo a significant change in the second week(F=58.488, p<.01) of the experiment, and a significant change was found in the final sixth week(F=287.557, p<.01) of the experiment as well. 4. Cross tabulation was utilized to look for any possible changes in the form of evacuation, and soft extrements accounted for 90 percent in the experimental group at first. But there was a significant change in the sixth week of the experiment as soft extrements represented 90 percent. In the case of the control group, hard extrements accounted for 36.4 percent before the experiment, and the rate of hard extrements stood at 90.0 percent in the sixth week of the experiment. Therefore it could be said that the constipation of the experimental group was relieved to some extent, and that the foot reflex massage provided to the experimental group had an effect on relieving their constipation. The above-mentioned findings made it clear that the foot reflex massage offered to the high school dance majors was partially effective at increasing their weekly evacuation frequency, lowering their CAS and improving their form of evaluation, and that it was consequently one of effective intervention methods to relieve constipation.