ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Chronic illnesses are long-term in nature and the individual need to adapt and adjust to this condition and its treatment. Swedish massage therapy is the most well-known and widely practiced type of therapeutic massage, and for good reason. This type of massage focuses on muscle relaxation, targeting superficial muscles (rather than the connective tissues targeted in deep-tissue massage) and increasing blood circulation. 6 Benefits of Swedish Massage Pain management. Increased blood flow. Rehabilitation for muscle injuries. Increased flexibility. Reduced stress. Improved immune system. Aim: To find out the effectiveness of Swedish massage on physiological parameters. Material and method: A quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test, and control group design where 80 chronically ill patients were selected used by simple random technique through computerized lottery method collecting the baseline information.to assess the physiological parameters. intervention includes a single session of 30 minutes Swedish massage. descriptive and inferential statistic was used for analyzing the data. Result: The present study found a significant difference in physiological parameters before and after Swedish massage in the experimental group calculated ‘t’ value is higher than thetable value at 0.05 levels. ‘t’ value 6.44 which is >1.0684 is statically significant. different in physiological parameters before and after Swedish massage in control group calculated ‘t’ value is less than the table value at 0.05 levels. ‘t’ value 0.57 which is >1.0684 is statically significant. to find association in physiological parameters with sociodemographic variable assess by chi-square in experimental group pulse -1 and demographic variable by 0.05 level all demographic variable value of age x2 4.949 more than 3.84 significant to find association in physiological parameters with sociodemographic variable assess by chi-square in control group blood pressure-2 and demographic variable by 0.05 level of age x2 6.720 was more than 5.99 was significant to find association in physiological parameters with sociodemographic variable assess by chi-square in control group pulse-1 and demographic variable by 0.05 level of age x2 1.397 was more than 3.84 was significant to find association in physiological parameters with sociodemographic variable assess by chi-square in control group pulse-2 and demographic variable by 0.05 level of education x2 9.717 was more than 7.81 was significant. Conclusion: This study conducted that the Effectiveness of Swedish Massage on Physiological Parameters Among Chronically Ill Patients Keywords: effectiveness, Swedish massage, physiological parameters, chronically ill
Publication date: 15/12/2023

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2023/12.12.1037