A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WARM WATER FOOT BATH THERAPY ON QUALITY OF SLEEP AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE STAYING IN OLD AGE HOME AT SELECTED CENTRAL PART OF GUJARAT

Disha Sukeshbhai Anjana

Volume : X, Issue : I, January - 2020

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WARM WATER FOOT BATH THERAPY ON QUALITY OF SLEEP AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE STAYING IN OLD AGE HOME AT SELECTED CENTRAL PART OF GUJARAT

Disha Sukeshbhai Anjana

Abstract :

Background: sleep is the basic need of the every human beings and it is a universal biological process for all human beings. Sleep trouble is one of the most common current manifestations among elders, particularly those who are living in old age homes. Objectives: (1) To evaluate the sleep quality among elderly people. (2) To examine the effectiveness of warm water foot bath remedy on sleep quality among elderly. (3) To find out the association between quality of sleep with selected socio–demographic variable of old age people. Methodology: A total 100 elderly people were selected by simple random sampling method that one group pre test post test design. The process of data collection was divided in two sections in which Section I contains socio–demographic variables. Section II contains modified PSQI scale. Administration of warm water foot bath therapy sessions for 15 to 20 min at bed time for 10 consecutive days. Data analysis was done by using inferential & descriptive statistics. Results: Out of 100 samples in pre test, 0(0.0%) have mild sleep quality, 52(52.0%) have moderate sleep quality and 48(48.0%) have severe sleep quality. In post test 15(15.0%) have mild sleep quality, 77(77.0%) have moderate sleep quality and 8(8.0%) have severe sleep quality. The pre test mean value was 14.27 with SD 2.56and the post test mean was 10.86 with SD 2.74. Difference in between mean value of pre test and post test is 3.41 which are in favor of elderly people. The paired–t test reveals that there is effect of warm water foot bath therapy on improving sleep quality among old age people at the level of <0.001. Conclusion: warm water foot bath therapy can be effective non pharmaceutical, noninvasive therapy to improving the sleep quality among old age people