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Effect of foot reflexology on stress and anxiety during pregnancy
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Abstract
This study was conducted to determine effect of foot reflexologyonstress and anxiety during pregnancy. Fifty pregnant women diagnosed clinically by gynecologist/ physician as primigravida at their third trimester, they were selected from outpatient clinic of obstetrics and gynecology in Damanhour Medical National Institute suffering from stress and anxiety based on psychiatric assessment. Their age ranged from 20 to 30 years. Their body mass index (BMI) {u2264} 30 kg/m2. They were assigned randomly into two groups (A, B) equal in numbers. group A (control group) received diaphragmatic breathing exercise, 5-10 minutes, 3-4 times per day as a home program and for 15 minutes per session for 6 weeks. While, group B (study group) received diaphragmatic breathing exercise plus reflexology on pressure points in feet for 30 minutes per session, 3 times/week for 6 weeks. Stress and anxiety were evaluated by blood pressure, pulse rate and Hamilton anxiety rating scale before and after the intervention. The obtained results of this study revealed that there was a statistical significant decrease in mean value of arterial blood pressure of study group (B) when compared with its corresponding value in control group (A) with p-value = 0.021, there was a statistical significant decrease in the mean value of heart rate of study group (B) when compared with its corresponding value in control group (A) with p-value = 0.012 and there was a highly statistical significant decrease in median value of Hamilton anxiety scale of study group (B) when compared with its corresponding value in control group (A) with p-value = 0.001. Therefore, it could be concluded that foot reflexology was very effective method in improving stress and anxiety during pregnancy