Hand Massage Applied To Elderly Stayıng In Nursing Homes

Hand massage; behavioral and reduce psychological symptoms, enable individuals to calm down and relax, and provide individual and care It is applied to contribute to communication between donors, to ensure reliability and ease of application, to improve the quality of life and to reduce symptoms such as sleep problems, fatigue, pain, stress, anxiety and depression that the individual frequently experiences. This study will be carried out to determine the effect of hand massage on the sleep quality and anxiety level of elderly people living in nursing homes. The number of samples of the research G-Power 3.1.9.7 program was used in the calculation. In the analysis, the average scores of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale were used and 58 individuals (29 experimental, 29 control) were required. In the research, it was aimed to assign 30 people to each group, taking into account the high power of the test and the losses. Hand massage in the literature Although there is no standard duration for how long to apply, studies have shown that the massage is applied for an average of 5-10 times, and in this study, the massage application time was It was determined as 10 minutes in total, 5 minutes for each hand. Hand massage with baby oil will be performed 3 times a week for 4 weeks, for a total of 12 sessions. Research data, Diagnostic Information Form, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Trait Anxiety Scale It will be collected using (STAI-TX). The data obtained from the research were analyzed in the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) 21 statistical program. will be done. Variables covering the descriptive characteristics of individuals with chronic diseases are expressed in numbers and percentages. will be done. Whether the data has a normal distribution will be determined by the Shapiro-Wilk test and parametric and/or non-parametric tests will be used depending on the results obtained. Statistical significance value will be accepted as p\<05.