Study of alternative and complementary therapy in nursing

目的：了解刺激听、看、闻、触、热五种感官的松弛胶囊使用前后焦虑状态的变化，以及人格特征与焦虑状态变化的关系。方法：经IRB人体学科委员会批准后，于2003年8月4-8日进行。焦虑采用STAI X-1(状态)和X-2(特质)，个性采用Y-G测验。受试者在进入胶囊前回答STAI X-1&2和Y-G测试问卷，干预25分钟后回答STAI X-1。结果：受试者为19例癌症患者，男8例，女11例。平均年龄53岁(SD=16.4)。松弛胶囊干预前后状态焦虑有显著差异(p&lt；.01)。对态度积极的个体而言，松弛胶囊干预前后状态焦虑差异有统计学意义(P&lt；0.05)。讨论与结论：总体来看，松弛胶囊干预后状态焦虑有降低的趋势。对于态度积极的人来说，使用松弛胶囊是有效的。据推测，高状态焦虑者的放松可以通过刺激人类的五种感官来实现。此外，对于态度积极的人来说，这样做可以更有效地放松。本研究的限制是样本量为19个对象，且方便。可以预期，进一步的研究会得到更好的结果。

Purpose :It is to clarify the change of anxiety before and after the use of relaxation capsule that stimulates five senses such as hearing, seeing, smelling, touching, heating and to identify the relationship between personal characteristics and the change of anxiety state.Methods :After the approval of the human subject committee of IRB, the study was conducted August 4-8, 2003. The instruments were STAI X-1 (state) and X-2 (trait) for anxiety and Y-G test for personal characteristics. The subjects were asked to answer the questionnaires of the STAI X-1&2 and Y-G test before entering to the capsule, and then to answer STAI X-1 after the intervention which took 25 minutes to complete.Results :The subjects were 19 cancer patients (8 males, 11 females). The average age was 53 (SD=16.4) years old. There was a significant difference in state anxiety between pre-and post-interventions of relaxation capsule (p<.01). And for the persons with the personal characteristics of positive attitude, there was a significant difference in state anxiety between pre-and post-intervention of relaxation capsule (p<.05).discussion and conclusion :As a whole, it is noted that reducing state anxiety was shown after the use of the capsule. The use of the relaxation capsule was effective for the persons with positive attitude. It is postulated that the relaxation for persons with high state anxiety can be attained by stimulating the five human senses. Also, for the persons with positive attitude, the relaxation can be more effective by doing so. The study limitations were sample size which was 19 subjects and convenient. Further study can be expected to get better results.