Effects of Hand Moxibustion and Hand Press Pellet on Low Back Pain, Range of Joint Movement, and Depression

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Res Community Public Health Nurs. 2019;30(3):336-344

Publication date (electronic) : 2019 September 12

doi : https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2019.30.3.336

Yeoun Ok Kim ¹, Soon Ock Choi ², Jee Won Kim^,³

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Sunlin University, Pohang, Korea

²Professor, Department of Nursing, Catholic University of Pusan, Busan, Korea

³Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Gumi University, Gumi, Korea

Corresponding author: Kim, Jee Won Department of Nursing, Gumi University, 37 Yaeun-ro, Gumi 39213, Korea. Tel: +82-54-440-1301, E-mail: pleasure_jw@naver.com

Received 2019 March 15; Revised 2019 August 20; Accepted 2019 August 20.

Abstract

Purpose

This study tries to examine the effects of hand moxibustion and press pellet by applying them to male manufacturing workers with low back pain, and use them to develop nursing interventions for workers.

Methods

The data were collected from August to October, 2018, and the subjects were 60 men, processed by using SPSS/WIN 21.0 to perform homogeneity test with x²-, t-, and hypothesis tests with repeated measures, ANOVA and Scheffé test.

Results

Hypothesis 1 that “the experimental group provided with hand moxibustion and hand press pellet would give lower scores for low back pain than the control group” was supported (F=78.71, p<.001). Hypothesis 2 that “the experimental group provided with hand moxibustion and hand press pellet would have a wider range of motion than the control group” was also supported (F=17.44, p<.001). Hypothesis 3 that “the experimental group provided with hand moxibustion and hand press pellet would give lower scores for depression than the control group,” again, was supported (F=16.95, p<.001).

Conclusion

Hand moxibustion and hand press pellet are effective in relieving low back pain for male workers, in increasing the range of motion, and in decreasing depression.

Keywords: Moxibustion; Men; Manufacturing industry; Low back pain

Figure 1.

Research flow diagram.

Figure 2.

Corresponding points on hands for low back pain.

Table 1.

Homogeneity Test for General Characteristics and Dependent Variables (N=60)

Table 2.

Difference in Low Back Pain, Range of Motion, Depression between Experimental Group and Control Group over Time

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