<span style="font-family:Verdana;">Multi-sensory stimulation is beneficial to a wide variety of conditions typical of geriatric patients. Some therapies for elderly people are based on the philosophy t...<span style="font-family:Verdana;">Multi-sensory stimulation is beneficial to a wide variety of conditions typical of geriatric patients. Some therapies for elderly people are based on the philosophy that the activities to be carried out will also be stimulating to the senses. On the other hand, the dynamics of the senses play</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">s</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> an important role beyond mere reason and sensibility in people’s lives. The hand care therapy that used natural herb oil is the alternative medicine that utilized a plant or its essential oil, which is used in various application scenes. In our past study, the hand care therapy that used natural herb oil demonstrated the effectiveness for elderly people. In this study, we examined influences on psychologi</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">cal condition of the side to treatment on. On the evaluation with question p</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">aper, baseline of POMS factor and TMD average were similar to pre-HCT. In post-HCT, T-A, A-H, F and C which were negative factors decreased than pre significantly. The forward factor V did not have significant difference, but the mean increased. Furthermore, the TMD (total mood distance) score generally </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">decreased and changed in the balance of good feelings. On the objective ev</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">aluation, temporal change differences in the PNS (Parasympathetic Nervous Sys</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">tem) during the relaxed state and following the induced stress state were m</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">onitored using ECG (electrocardiograph). The SNS (Sympathetic Nervous System) of students in HCT has decreased, and the PNS was confirmed to increase. For the tendency in SNS, the changes during the HCT were small. There were no significant changes in rSO</span><sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2</span></sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> (regional oxygen saturation) by HCT. BVI (blood volume information) showed significantly big values at left hand treatment and after HCT than BL, indicating that peripheral circulation of the blood flow quantity of the student increased. Generally, it was shown that the subjective emotional evaluation of the hand care treatment side, the objective autonomic nervous system change, and the coronal blood flow were all good. In Japan, the global pandemic of COVID</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">19 disrupts human interaction, and there are concerns about physical, cognitive, and mental deterioration. The use of hand care therapy has been shown to be an effective technique for building quality communication for both recipients and performers.</span>展开更多
文摘<span style="font-family:Verdana;">Multi-sensory stimulation is beneficial to a wide variety of conditions typical of geriatric patients. Some therapies for elderly people are based on the philosophy that the activities to be carried out will also be stimulating to the senses. On the other hand, the dynamics of the senses play</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">s</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> an important role beyond mere reason and sensibility in people’s lives. The hand care therapy that used natural herb oil is the alternative medicine that utilized a plant or its essential oil, which is used in various application scenes. In our past study, the hand care therapy that used natural herb oil demonstrated the effectiveness for elderly people. In this study, we examined influences on psychologi</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">cal condition of the side to treatment on. On the evaluation with question p</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">aper, baseline of POMS factor and TMD average were similar to pre-HCT. In post-HCT, T-A, A-H, F and C which were negative factors decreased than pre significantly. The forward factor V did not have significant difference, but the mean increased. Furthermore, the TMD (total mood distance) score generally </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">decreased and changed in the balance of good feelings. On the objective ev</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">aluation, temporal change differences in the PNS (Parasympathetic Nervous Sys</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">tem) during the relaxed state and following the induced stress state were m</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">onitored using ECG (electrocardiograph). The SNS (Sympathetic Nervous System) of students in HCT has decreased, and the PNS was confirmed to increase. For the tendency in SNS, the changes during the HCT were small. There were no significant changes in rSO</span><sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2</span></sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> (regional oxygen saturation) by HCT. BVI (blood volume information) showed significantly big values at left hand treatment and after HCT than BL, indicating that peripheral circulation of the blood flow quantity of the student increased. Generally, it was shown that the subjective emotional evaluation of the hand care treatment side, the objective autonomic nervous system change, and the coronal blood flow were all good. In Japan, the global pandemic of COVID</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">19 disrupts human interaction, and there are concerns about physical, cognitive, and mental deterioration. The use of hand care therapy has been shown to be an effective technique for building quality communication for both recipients and performers.</span>
