소루마사지요법이 중년여성의 피로도, 스트레스, 복부비만에 미치는 영향

Abstract

Background and Purposes : It has been reported that abdominal obesity in middle-aged women causes psychological stress and fatigue, and increases risks of metabolic diseases, cardio-cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes and dyslipidemia. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the effects of Soru massage therapy on the following variables: fatigue, stress, and obesity-related indexes including weight, waist girth and hips measurement, the ratio of waist measurement to height, body mass index and body fat rate in middle-aged women with abdominal obesity. Method : The subjects of the study were 18 women between the ages of 40 and 59 whose waist girth was over 85cm and body mass index was over 25kg/m. A total of 12 times of the Soru massage therapy were given to the test group for 35 minutes per a session and twice a week. This study used a statistical program version 23.0 SPSS(SPSS Korea Data solution Inc) for the data analysis and compared the results before and after the test using a t-test. The statistical significance was <0.05. Results : Stress and fatigue as subjective status factors of the subjects were statistically significant(p<0.001). Abdominal obesity indexes including weight(67.02→65.77), waist girth(91.05→86.05) and hips measurement(95.50→90.76), the ratio of waist measurement to height(0.57→0.54), body mass index(26.73→26.26) and body fat rate(27.29→26.71) were also statistically significant(p<0.001). Conclusions : This study discovered that the Soru massage therapy given to middle-aged women with abdominal obesity was effective in decrease of fatigue and stress, and obesity-related indexes and suggested that the Soru massage therapy would be a useful alternative measure to enhance health of middle-aged women.