Development of a Mixed Massage Program by Integrating the Royal Thai and Chinese Acupressure Techniques for Relieving Stress and Increasing the Sleep Quality of People with Primary Insomnia
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Sleep is important for humans. If there is insufficient sleep, it can affect many diseases. The purposes of this research were 1) to develop the massage program mixing the royal Thai massage with Chinese acupressure techniques 2) to study the effects of massage programs by comparing relaxation and sleep quality between the groups receiving the massage with the control group and analyze the relationship between stresses and sleep quality. The sample consisted of 40 volunteers with primary Insomnia aged 15-60 years. They were randomly assigned to the experimental and control group 20 people each. The instruments were the mixed massage program, Sleep measurement, Sleep quality assessment, and Suanprung stress test. Data were analyzed by t-test and correlation coefficient.
The results were as follows. (1) The mixed massage program consists of 11 lines of massage for 55 minutes, 16 points of massage for 15 minutes, and 7 points of Chinese massage for 20 minutes. Total time was 90 minutes. There were three levels of weight: 50, 70, and 90 pounds. (2) After the massage, the comparison within the group found that the stress, the sleep quality, the sleep efficiency, the total sleep time, and the sleep latency of the experimental group were better than before the massage (p <.01). The NREM Stage 3 and REM were not significantly different. (3) After the massage, the comparison between the group found that the stress, the sleep quality, the sleep efficiency and the total sleep time in the experimental group was better than the control group (p <.01). The sleep latency, NREM Stage 3 and REM were not different. (4) Before the massage, the stress was not correlated with sleep quality (r=-.126, p>.05) Due to the sample, stress and sleep quality were similar. But the trend was in the opposite direction that was, if there was less stress, the quality of sleep was better. It was concluded that this mixed massage program can be used to promote sleep quality in people with primary insomnia, to improve sleep quality and to reduce stress.
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