title: The Potential Beneficial Effects Of Hand And Foot Bathing On Vital Signs In Women With Caesarean Section.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Hand-foot bathing therapy is a simple technique to induce sensations of comfort and relaxation. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of hand and foot bathing therapy on vital signs in women following caesarean section.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were sixty women with caesarean section. They divided to two groups: (1) study group (n=30, median age=26.67 years, SD=2.04); and, (2) control group (n=30, median age=27.75 years, SD=1.09). Vital signs were measured for 5 minutes before and for 30 minutes after the hand and foot bathing therapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pain score, systolic and diastolic blood pressures and heart and breath rates decreased after hand and foot bathing therapy. Differences between before and after therapy were statistically significantly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results indicate that hand and foot bathing therapy might be helpful to restore the vital signs in post-operative patients by decreasing anxiety and psychological stress.
authors.affiliation: unknown.
authors.forename: Elif
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cal
authors.forename: Busra
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cakiroglu
authors.forename: Ayse Nur
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kurt
authors.forename: Siti Sugih
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Hartiningsih
authors.lastname: Suryani
authors.forename: Senol
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dane
mesh_terms: D001494:Baths / Q000379:methods*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000628:therapy*