A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WARM WATER FOOT BATH THERAPY ON THE QUALITY OF SLEEP AMONG ELDERLY IN OLD AGE HOME RAJNANDGAON CHHATTISGARH

Author Name: 1. Mrs. Shweta Sendur 2. Mrs. Shraddha Pradeep Kumar

Volume/Issue: 02/04

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/10.2021-12531385/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Asst. Professor. Govt. College of Nursing Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh PhD. Scholar JJT University, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, India
2. Demonstrator Govt. College of Nursing Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, India

ABSTRACT

Sleep is a physiological mechanism of regaining energy and recovering from fatigue. The Age Pyramid of world population is changing the worlds elderly population above 60 year of age was 10% of total population in 2000, 11.0 % in 2010 and it is estimated that it will be 16.6% in 2013. A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Warm Water Foot Bath Therapy on The Quality of Sleep Among Elderly in Old Age Home Rajnandgaon. The objectives are to assess the pretest and posttest level of quality of sleep score regarding warm water foot bath therapy and assess the effectiveness of warm water foot bath therapy related to quality of sleep. Research approach was Evaluative research approach. Research design was one group pretest posttest pre-experimental research design -According Polit and Hungler 1999 “In this study one group pretest posttest pre-experimental research design adopted. to find out association between pretest and posttest quality of sleep score. quality of sleep score in pretest was 230 total mean 7.6 and mean percentage 25.33% and SD was 2.32 in posttest the total quality of sleep score was 190 total mean 6.33 total mean percentages 21.1 and SD was 2.03.

Key words: Sleep, Warm water, Foot bath, Quality, Elderly.