運用穴位按摩改善大專院校學生便秘問題成效之研究

現代人以外食偏多，攝取食物偏向重口味的型態，尤其是大專院校生外宿居多，在缺乏家人的督促下，作息不正常，飲食不均衡，偏嗜油炸偏鹹辣導致便秘問題的形成，目前治療便秘常見的方式為藥物治療，長期服用可能導致藥物依賴及抗藥性，透過過去研究發現穴位刺激對改善便秘有顯著效果，因此本研究目的為設計一套具有非侵入性、無副作用的穴位按摩手法，提供有便秘困擾的大學生，無金錢負擔、無空間困擾的解決方案，達到改善便秘之目的。本研究方法透過CAS量表篩選出大專院校便秘樣本19例，經過實際接受14天穴位按摩手法，觀察按摩前後數值的改變，採用成對樣本T檢定驗證結果。本研究設計之穴位按摩手法療效經檢定顯示具有顯著性P＜0.05，結果證實能有效改善大專院校生便祕狀況，並且19例大專生都滿意本研究設計之按摩手法。

關鍵字

穴位按摩；便祕；大專生

並列摘要

Objective: constipation is a common health problem for college students due to irregular daily routine. Therefore this study tried to apply point massage to relief symptom of constipation and investigate the effectiveness of our designed point massage therapy. Methods: this study was an experimental design and all data was collected from universities of southern Taiwan. 19 students took our point massage therapy once a day for 14 days. All collected data was tested via paired sample t test by spss 20.0, alpha value was set to 0.05, and comparison within before and after point massage. Results : after taking 14 days point massage therapy , 19 participates tested by CAS and PAC-QOL and found remission rate was significant difference (P＜0.05). And all of 19 partitions are satisfied with our point massage therapy 32% somewhat satisfactory , 37% satisfactory, 26% very satisfactory, and 5% excellent.