瑜珈對護理人員失眠、下背痛、壓力及體適能之成效探討

A Study on Effectiveness of Yoga for Insomnia, Low Back Pain, Stress and the Physical Fitness among Nurses

鍾玉珠(Yu-Chu Chung) ； 林純臻(Chun-Chen Lin) ； 黃美瑜(Mei-Yu Huang) ； 孫嘉玲(Jia-Ling Sun) ； 陳佩英(Pei-Ying Chen) ； 陳光慧(Kuang-Huei Chen)

《健康與建築雜誌》 1卷2期 (2014/02) Pp. 49-57

https://doi.org/10.6299/JHA.2014.1.2.R4.49

摘要

Background: Nurses' work has been reported to be associated with insomnia, low back pain and stress. Hence, it is an important issue to improve the physical and psychological health in nurses.Purposes: This study aimed to examine the effect of physical fitness yoga to improve for insomnia, stress, low back pain and physical fitness among nurses.Methods: The researchers recruited a convenience sample from a hospital of Shin-Chu in Taiwan. A one group pre- and post-test quasi-experimental research design was conducted, 17 participants received physical fitness yoga for a total session duration of 60 min, twice a week for 12 weeks. Data were collected using background data, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Chinese Health Questionnaire (CHQ-12), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and the physical fitness.Results: After the 12 weeks of the yoga exercise program, significant differences were found in the subjects' PSQI (Mean=4.57, SD=2.56 vs. Mean=7.33, SD=3.22; t=2.70, p=0.02) and VAS (Mean=22.17, SD=3.18 vs. Mean=33.88, SD=24.41; t=2.54, p=0.03), muscular strength (Mean=26.69, SD=5.15 vs. Mean=21.68, SD=5.61; t=-4.25, p＜0.001), cardiopulmonary endurance (Mean=59.82, SD=7.69 vs. Mean=56.22, SD=8.02; t=-2.28, p=.05) and body flexibility (Mean=33.28, SD=2.52 vs. Mean=29.87, SD=9.74; t=-3.08, p=.009). The results showed: post yoga exercise data were significantly lower than pre-exercise.Implication: The yoga exercise program could improve insomnia, low back pain and physical fitness in nurses. It has shown positive effects on physical and psychological health, therefore it is worth to encourage the nurses exercising regularly.

關鍵字

瑜珈 ； 護理人員 ； 失眠 ； 下背痛 ； 心理健康 ； 體適能

並列摘要

Background: Nurses' work has been reported to be associated with insomnia, low back pain and stress. Hence, it is an important issue to improve the physical and psychological health in nurses.Purposes: This study aimed to examine the effect of physical fitness yoga to improve for insomnia, stress, low back pain and physical fitness among nurses.Methods: The researchers recruited a convenience sample from a hospital of Shin-Chu in Taiwan. A one group pre- and post-test quasi-experimental research design was conducted, 17 participants received physical fitness yoga for a total session duration of 60 min, twice a week for 12 weeks. Data were collected using background data, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Chinese Health Questionnaire (CHQ-12), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and the physical fitness.Results: After the 12 weeks of the yoga exercise program, significant differences were found in the subjects' PSQI (Mean=4.57, SD=2.56 vs. Mean=7.33, SD=3.22; t=2.70, p=0.02) and VAS (Mean=22.17, SD=3.18 vs. Mean=33.88, SD=24.41; t=2.54, p=0.03), muscular strength (Mean=26.69, SD=5.15 vs. Mean=21.68, SD=5.61; t=-4.25, p＜0.001), cardiopulmonary endurance (Mean=59.82, SD=7.69 vs. Mean=56.22, SD=8.02; t=-2.28, p=.05) and body flexibility (Mean=33.28, SD=2.52 vs. Mean=29.87, SD=9.74; t=-3.08, p=.009). The results showed: post yoga exercise data were significantly lower than pre-exercise.Implication: The yoga exercise program could improve insomnia, low back pain and physical fitness in nurses. It has shown positive effects on physical and psychological health, therefore it is worth to encourage the nurses exercising regularly.

並列關鍵字

Insomnia ； Low Back Pain ； Nurse ； Physical Fitness ； Yoga

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