RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE AFFECTS OF COMFORT AND DISCOMFORT AND DEEP SKIN TEMPERATURE AND THE SKIN CONDUCTANCE LEVEL

Abstract

　The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between the affects of comfort and discomfort and deep skin temperature and the skin conductance level (SCL). Twenty healthy women who consented to cooperate in the research, were given a foot bath at 39 ℃ for 10 minutes to increase relaxation and comfort. On another group, a burden of calculation was given to increase tension and discomfort. As a result, in the comfortable group (n=13) undergoing the foot bath and maintaining relaxation and comfort, only the SCL significantly decreased after 10 minutes. In the uncomfortable group (n=13) receiving a burden of calculation with enhanced tension and discomfort, a significant decrease in the deep palmar skin temperature, a significant increase in the difference between the deep metopic skin temperature and the deep palmar skin temperature, along with a significant increase in the SCL were observed.
　These results suggest the relationships between the affects of comfort and the SCL, and between the affects of discomfort and the deep palmar skin temperature, differences between the deep metopic skin temperature and the deep palmar skin temperature and the SCL.