2021 Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages 45-52
We organized a health promotion event in a local community at our university. Local residents participated in the event alongside nursing students and nurse teachers belonging to the university. The event was held once a month on a weekday for five months and lasted for 90 minutes each. This study aimed to examine the utility of the hand massage (HM) program and understand the significance of the participation of nursing students.
The participants were residents who agreed to participate in the HM program of the third (HM1 ; N=18) and fourth (HM2 ; N=13) events conducted in November and December 2016. The POMS2®-Adult Short Form was used to evaluate the mood of 12 participants (3 males and 9 females, M=67.8±9.8 years), with complete data, before and after the HM program.
The results showed that scores on all five items of the negative mood scale decreased for both HM1 and HM2 participants. Furthermore, scores on “Fatigue-Inertia” and “Confusion-Bewilderment” for HM1 and all five items for HM2 participants decreased significantly. Positive mood scores increased in both the relevant items, of which “Friendliness” scores increased significantly. Total Mood Disorder decreased significantly in both.
The participants reported feeling satisfied with the HM program. Thus, the results suggest that the HM program has high utility as a part of health promotion events in the community.
In addition, the participation of nursing students was well accepted by the residents, and the program proved significant for basic nursing education by improving the knowledge of the nursing students.
