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Research – Reflexology
Health-related quality-of-life outcomes: a reflexology trial with patients with advanced-stage breast cancer.
The current study found reflexology and LFM were safe among even the most fragile patients with advanced-stage breast cancer and contribute to improvements in physical function, dyspnea, and fatigue, but do not affect depressive symptoms, anxiety, pain, and nausea. . . . The current study informs clinicians and patients on which CAM therapies are transferable to community-based cancer centers and home care programs to improve HRQOL for patients receiving treatment.
Implications for Nursing
Reflexology can be safely used by patients with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy. In addition, aspects of quality of life can be improved with reflexology delivered by either certified reflexologists or lay providers.
additional reading Article http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3576031/
Research is the continual process of using a variety of methods and variables to achieve desired results. Some research will not show this result. The research Art Of Body Experience has listed is not suggesting this is the best or only research available, only a sample.
