Does reflexology impact on cancer patients’ quality of life?

Hodgson, Heather

doi:10.7748/ns2000.04.14.31.33.c2817

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“…This finding is in harmony with Quattrin et al 2000) studies which revealed that reflexology massage improve physical activities (46,47,48,49,50) . Siev-Ner et al (2003) stated that when reflexology massage was applied 3 times for 2 weeks, it was noticed that by the end of the first week, that there was significant improvement in doing anything during the day, doing things around the house and rearranged the entire house (42) .…”

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Effect of Reflexology Foot Massage on Leg Cramps for Patients on Hemodialysis.

El-Deeb¹,

Donia²,

Zeid³

et al. 2017

IOSR JNHS

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Section: Effect Of Reflexology Foot Massage On Leg Cramps For Patientsupporting

confidence: 77%

Effect of Reflexology Foot Massage on Leg Cramps for Patients on Hemodialysis.

El-Deeb¹,

Donia²,

Zeid³

et al. 2017

IOSR JNHS

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“…Six studies involved alternative medical systems [18][19][20][21][22][23], 14 involved mind body interventions [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38], 15 dealt with biologically based therapies [39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53], seven involved manipulative and body-based methods [54][55][56][57][58][59][60], and two energy therapies [61,62]. A large number of scrutinized studies (overall 495) were not included in the final selection as they were not randomized, did not use a PRO measure or the intervention was not among the list of CAM to be included.…”

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Methodological quality of patient-reported outcome research was low in complementary and alternative medicine in oncology

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Horneber

Lejeune

et al. 2006

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

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“…). An experimental study conducted by Hodgson (2000) on patients in the palliative stage of cancer who received reflexology treatments reported statistically significant improvements in pain management, decrease in constipation, better sleep, decreased anorexia and nausea.…”

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Facilitating nurses’ knowledge of the utilisation of reflexology in adults with chronic diseases to enable informed health education during comprehensive nursing care

Steenkamp

Scrooby

Walt

2012

Health SA Gesondheid

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An integrative literature review of identified scientific evidence, published from January 2000 to December 2008, of the utilisation of reflexology as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities to promote well-being and quality of life in adults with chronic diseases was done to facilitate nurses to give informed health education during comprehensive nursing care to patients with chronic diseases. Selected accessible databases were searched purposefully for research articles (N = 1171). Pre-set inclusion criteria were applied during the study selection process. The methodological study quality was reviewed and appraised with appropriate tools from the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) and the American Dietetic Association’s (ADA) Evidence analysis manual (n = 21). Evidence extraction, analysis and synthesis of studies (n = 18) were done through the evidence class rating and level of strength as prescribed in the manuals of ADA and CASP. Findings indicate statistically significant reduction in the frequency of seizures in patients with intractable epilepsy, an improvement of sensory and urinary symptoms associated with multiple sclerosis and clinically significant reduction of anxiety and pain in patients with cancer and fibromyalgia syndrome. These findings can be utilised by nurses to inform patients with these chronic diseases about alternative ways of treatment. Opsomming‘n Geïntegreerde literatuur oorsig van ge-identifiseerde wetenskaplike bewyse, gepubliseer vanaf Januarie 2000 tot Desember 2008, was gedoen oor die gebruik van refleksologie as aanvullende en alternatiewe behandelingsmodalitieit om welsyn en lewenskwaliteit te bevorder by volwassenes met kroniese siekte om verpleegkundiges te fasiliteer om ingeligte gesondheidsvoorligting te gee gedurende omvattende verpleegsorg aan pasiente met kroniese siektes. Geselekteerde toeganklike databasisse was doelbewustelik deursoek vir navorsingsartikels (N = 1171). Vooraf bepaalde insluitingskriteria was toegepas tydens die selekteringsproses. Die studie gehalte is nagegaan en beoordeel met toepaslike instrumente van die Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) en die American Dietetic Association (ADA) se Evidence analysis manual (n = 21). Bewys uitreksel, analisering en sintese van studies (n = 18) was gedoen deur die bewysklas gradering en vlak van bewysterkte soos beskryf in die handleidings van ADA en CASP. Bevindings dui op ‘n statisitese beduidenisvolle verlaging in die frekwensie van konvulsies by pasiënte met epilepsie, ‘n verbetering van sensoriese en urinêre simptome ge-assosieer met veelvuldige sklerose en ‘n kliniese beduidenisvolle afname in angstigheid en pyn by pasiënte met kanker en fibromialgiese sindroom. Hierdie bevindings kan deur verpleegkundiges gebruik word om pasiente met hierdie kroniese siektes in te lig omtrent alternatiewe maniere van behandeling.

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Does reflexology impact on cancer patients’ quality of life?

Abstract: This study showed that reflexology does have an impact on the quality of life of patients in the palliative stage of cancer.

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Effect of Reflexology Foot Massage on Leg Cramps for Patients on Hemodialysis.

Effect of Reflexology Foot Massage on Leg Cramps for Patients on Hemodialysis.

Methodological quality of patient-reported outcome research was low in complementary and alternative medicine in oncology

Facilitating nurses’ knowledge of the utilisation of reflexology in adults with chronic diseases to enable informed health education during comprehensive nursing care

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