Effectiveness of back massage on sleep pattern among patients with congestive cardiac failure

Effectiveness of back massage on sleep pattern among patients with congestive cardiac failure

Background: Sleep plays an important role in congestive cardiac failure (CCF). Back massage reduces anxiety, discomfort, and physical suffering in CCF patients. Study objective is to assess sleep pattern in CCF patients before and after back massage. Materials and Methods: A quasi-experimental study...

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Main Authors: Amol Sable, Thangaraj Sivabalan, Akshaya Narayan Shetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research
Subjects:
Back massage
congestive cardiac failure
insomnia
pittsburgh sleep quality index
Online Access:http://www.ijnmrjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-9066;year=2017;volume=22;issue=5;spage=359;epage=362;aulast=Sable

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