TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of hot pack treatment to chronic stress for the patients, having stiffness of shoulders or lumber
AU - Nagata, Hanachiyo
AU - Ito, Yushi
AU - Akaike, Norio
AU - Honda, Akira
AU - Nakano, Masahiro
AU - Watada, Junzo
AU - Takefu, Masasuke
AU - Shindo, Takao
AU - Oki, Toshiko
AU - Satou, Kumiko
AU - Fujii, Fusako
AU - Hamamoto, Ayaka
AU - Iwamoto, Naokazu
AU - Sakai, Kayo
AU - Koga, Tatuya
AU - Satou, Yukimitu
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In the educational institution, the mental support for the students, preparing for the national license examination, is mainly based on study program and personal communication. In contrast, the physical support for the students is very poor, just advising for reclining on bed. Here in this study, we applied hot pack treatment to the students, complaining the stiffness of shoulder and lumber, and examined the effect of hot pack treatment to chronic stress. To figure out these issues, we measured the level of plasma serum cortisol and skin blood stream as a biomarker for chronic stress before and after the treatment with hot pack of 25 senior college students. The students had spent stressful days for 11 months starting from April, preparing for the national license examination, and had complaints of stiffness of shoulder and/or lumber. We found that hot pack treatment of the students significantly reduced the level of serum cortisol and increased the level of skin blood stream after the treatment. These results were statistically significant at p < 0.01 by a non parametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test.-These results indicated that hot pack treatment is effective to the reduction of chronic stress. Further detailed studies are obviously warranted, however we would like to figure out the effective methods to reduce the chronic stress for the students, studying for the long terms, and complaining the stillness of shoulder and/or lumber.
AB - In the educational institution, the mental support for the students, preparing for the national license examination, is mainly based on study program and personal communication. In contrast, the physical support for the students is very poor, just advising for reclining on bed. Here in this study, we applied hot pack treatment to the students, complaining the stiffness of shoulder and lumber, and examined the effect of hot pack treatment to chronic stress. To figure out these issues, we measured the level of plasma serum cortisol and skin blood stream as a biomarker for chronic stress before and after the treatment with hot pack of 25 senior college students. The students had spent stressful days for 11 months starting from April, preparing for the national license examination, and had complaints of stiffness of shoulder and/or lumber. We found that hot pack treatment of the students significantly reduced the level of serum cortisol and increased the level of skin blood stream after the treatment. These results were statistically significant at p < 0.01 by a non parametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test.-These results indicated that hot pack treatment is effective to the reduction of chronic stress. Further detailed studies are obviously warranted, however we would like to figure out the effective methods to reduce the chronic stress for the students, studying for the long terms, and complaining the stillness of shoulder and/or lumber.
KW - Chronic stress
KW - Hot pack treatments
KW - Plasma cortisol
KW - Skin blood stream
KW - The national license examination for medical technologist
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84899685828
SN - 1343-4500
VL - 17
SP - 313
EP - 319
JO - Information
JF - Information
IS - 1
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