創新按摩對職業婦女睡眠品質與生活品質之探討

Innovative massage program on the quality of sleep and quality of life in working women

社會生活型態改變，大多數職業婦女睡眠時間延後，導致睡眠品質逐漸惡化並未獲得改善，進而影響生活品質，本研究目的探討創新穴位按摩對職業婦女睡眠品質與生活品質的成效。本研究採雙組前後測之研究設計，以台北市某瘦身美容中心60 位職業婦女為收案研究對象，並隨機分派為實驗組與對照組，每組各30 位，每週一次45 分鐘創新穴位按摩介入與10 分鐘臉部保養，對照組只從事每週一次的10 分鐘臉部保養，為期四週，並採用『個人基本資料』、『匹茲堡睡眠品質量表』、『SF-36 台灣版生活品質量表』為研究工具，將所得之資料，以成對樣本t 檢定及共變數變異數分析作為統計方法，研究結果顯示4 週創新按摩介入後，實驗組睡眠品質和生活品質之前後測達顯著差異（p＜0.001）；對照組之睡眠品質與生活品質之前後測則無顯著差異（p＞0.05），以共變數分析控制前測分數，實驗組與控制組兩組後測之睡眠品質與生活品質差異皆達顯著水準（p＜0.001），顯示實驗組優於對照組。此證實4 週創新按摩可有效提升職業婦女睡眠品質與生活品質之成效，本研究結果可作為職業婦女擬定健康促進策略之參考。

With the evolvement of lifestyle in modern society, the sleep time of most working women has been delayed. Hence, the quality of sleep has been gradually getting worse. The aim of this study is to discuss the effect of innovative massage program regarding the quality of sleep and quality of life on working women. This study was designed with pre- and post-tests of two groups. Sixty working women were recruited in a SPA center in Taipei. We used randomized controlled trial to assign subjects. Each group included 30 subjects. A 45 minutes innovative massage program was performed once a week and lasted for 4 weeks. We also adopted PSQI scale, SF-36 scale as research tools. Paired t-test and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were used for data analysis. After 4 weeks innovative massage program, experimental group showed a significant improvement of PSQI and SF-36 (p＜0.001) between pre- and post-test. However, the difference between pre- and post-test of control group were not significant (p＞0.05) in both PSQI and SF-36. After controlling the pre-test of both groups, the ANCOVA showed that post-tests of experimental group were better than those of control group in both PSQI and SF-36 (p＜0.001). In conclusion, 4 weeks innovative massage program can improve the quality of sleep and quality of life on working women. Hence, it is suggested that innovative massage program also may be a useful strategy of health promotion in working women.