1II Year M. Sc Nursing, Yenepoya Nursing College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore
2Lecturer, Yenepoya Nursing College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore
3Head of the Department, Yenepoya Nursing College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore
*Corresponding author: Swapna Dennis, Lecturer, Dept of Medical Surgical Nursing, Yenepoya Nursing College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore. E-Mail id- gjmsc2013@gmail.com
Online published on 3 February, 2014.
Sleep-related disorders are common in the general adult population; Therapeutic massage is an ideal way to deal with the health disorders naturally. A quasi experimental study has been carried out to determine the effectiveness of therapeutic back massage on quality of sleep among 60 elderly people in the selected old age homes, in Mangalore, Karnataka, India, found that there was significant difference 6.23 (p<0.05) and improvement (F = 80.463, p<0.05) in the quality of sleep of elderly among experimental and control group. The study concluded that therapeutic back massage was effective to promote the quality of sleep among elderly population.
Therapeutic Back Massage, Quality of Sleep, Elderly, Old Age Homes
