A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WARM WATER FOOT BATH THERAPY ON QUALITY OF SLEEP AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE STAYING IN OLD AGE HOME AT SELECTED CENTRAL PART OF GUJARAT

Abstract

BACKGROUND: sleep is the basic need of the every human beings and it is a universal biological process for all human
beings. Sleep trouble is one of the most common current manifestations among elders, particularly those who are living in
old age homes.
OBJECTIVES: (1) To evaluate the sleep quality among elderly people. (2) To examine the effectiveness of warm water foot bath remedy on
sleep quality among elderly. (3) To nd out the association between quality of sleep with selected socio-demographic variable of old age people.
METHODOLOGY: A total 100 elderly people were selected by simple random sampling method that one group pre test post test design. The
process of data collection was divided in two sections in which Section I contains socio-demographic variables. Section II contains modied
PSQI scale. Administration of warm water foot bath therapy sessions for 15 to 20 min at bed time for 10 consecutive days. Data analysis was done
by using inferential & descriptive statistics.
RESULTS: Out of 100 samples in pre test, 0(0.0%) have mild sleep quality, 52(52.0%) have moderate sleep quality and 48(48.0%) have severe
sleep quality. In post test 15(15.0%) have mild sleep quality, 77(77.0%) have moderate sleep quality and 8(8.0%) have severe sleep quality. The
pre test mean value was 14.27 with SD 2.56and the post test mean was 10.86 with SD 2.74. Difference in between mean value of pre test and post
test is 3.41 which are in favor of elderly people. The paired-t test reveals that there is effect of warm water foot bath therapy on improving sleep
quality among old age people at the level of <0.001.
Conclusion: warm water foot bath therapy can be effective non pharmaceutical, noninvasive therapy to improving the sleep quality among old
age people.