Sleep disturbance is reported to be a significant problem for patients across the cancer care. Footbath has been found to be a powerful alternative therapy used for sleep induction in spite of sleep medications which has a lot of side eff ects.
To determine the effect of footbath on sleep onset latency and determine the relaxation level among patients with cancer. 2) Determine the relationship between the sleep onset latency and relaxation score.
A quasi-experimental time series design was used, and selected 40 samples by purposive sampling method. The tools used were a baseline proforma, an observation checklist for sleep onset latency and a relaxation rating scale. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, ANOVA, paired‘t’ test, Karl Pearson correlation co-effcient, and chi-square test.
1. There was a signifi cant difference between pre and post intervention sleep onset latency. (F=56.15, F=120.1, F=143) > (F (2, 195) =3.04)
2. Majority 35(87%) experienced maximum relaxation.
The study showed that footbath is effective for early sleep onset latency and relaxation.
Footbath, Sleep onset Latency, Relaxation, Patients with Cancer
