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Nursing Education 2018
Journal of Nursing and Health Studies
ISSN: 2574-2825
Page 65
April 23-25, 2018
Rome, Italy
27
th
Edition of World Congress on
Nursing Education &
Research
Introduction:
Reflexology is a part of alternative medicine.
Researches done around the world indicate the physiological
and psychological positive benefits of foot reflexology. There are
no courses about foot reflexology in nursing colleges and there
are no researches done in Saudi Arabia about awareness of foot
reflexology. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of foot
reflexology awareness session on nursing students’ knowledge
and attitude.
Method:
A quasi-experimental design was used to collect the
data from a convenience sample of 41 female senior nursing
students inKingSaud binAbdul-Aziz University for Health Science
in Riyadh city. Two tools were developed to collect the data:
knowledge assessment and opinion regarding foot reflexology
questionnaire and evaluation sheet for the educational session.
The educational session was conducted in 40 minutes. Validity
and reliability questionnaire were ensured.
Results:
Forty-one students were included (30 level 7 and 11
level 8). Mean age was 21.61 (±.703) years and the majority
of the student 68.3% did not hear about foot reflexology. There
were significant differences regarding all topics included in the
knowledge assessment tool (p=.000). The mean and standard
deviation of overall knowledge in post-tests result (51.66±2.19)
was higher compared to pre-test result (46.88±4.48). Regarding
students’ opinionof foot reflexology, the result revealed that 58.5%
on a pre-test of nursing students agreed that therapeutic touch is
an integral part of nursing profession whereas 92.7% agreed on
post-test. Majority of the participants 63.4% believe in the effect
of foot reflexology on the pre-test and 85.4% on post-test.
Discussion & Conclusion:
This study revealed that knowledge
level in the post-session was high and better than in pre-session.
Also, it showed that the participants’ attitude toward foot
reflexology changed after the session
afifim@ksau-hs.edu.saImpact of an educational session about foot reflexology on nursing
students’ knowledge and attitude: a quasi-experimental study
Mona Afifi, Jipi Varghese, Shatha Alharbi, Bayan Alqarni and Dalal Aldossari
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia
J Nurs Health Stud 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C1-003