J Korean Soc Matern Child Health.  2021 Jan;25(1):73-79. 10.21896/jksmch.2021.25.1.73.

The Effects of Peat-Pack Poultice and Salt Groundwater Foot Bath in Taean-gun on Depression and Pain in Single Parent Family

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
  • 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
  • 3General Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
  • 4Department of Integrative Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Purpose
Studies have reported on treating various diseases with marine healing, but not the effects of marine healing on depression, anxiety, and pain in single-parent families. This study aimed to evaluate the scientific efficacy of treatment using peat-pack poultice and salt groundwater and evaluate its effects on depression, anxiety, and pain in single-parent families.
Methods
For 26 women of single-parent families, peat-pack thermal therapy and salt-water foot baths were performed daily for 4 days. Of the 26 subjects, three dropped out and 23 were enrolled in the study. The depression and pain results were compared before versus after the peat-pack poultice and salt groundwater treatments. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and visual analog scale (VAS) pain score were evaluated.
Results
In Taean-gun, a peat-pack poultice and salt groundwater foot bath program were administered along with a questionnaire for depression, anxiety, and pain. Mean Edinburgh score was significantly improved after the program (11.78±7.6 vs. 9.7±7.6, p=0.005), mean HADS anxiety score (7±9.7 vs. 5.3± 2.7, p=0.002) and mean VAS pain score also improved (5.39±2.8 vs. 3.96±2.7, p=0.003).
Conclusion
Peat-pack thermal therapy and salt groundwater foot bath improved chronic pain, depression, and anxiety in single-parent families.

Keyword

Anxiety, Depression, Groundwater, Marine healing, Pain treatment, Peat-pack

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