Development of Acupressure Chair to Relieve Shoulder for Students of Kanchanabhishek Institute of Medical and Public Health Technology

การพัฒนาเก้าอี้กดจุดเพื่อบรรเทาอาการปวดบ่าสำหรับนักศึกษา วิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีทางการแพทย์และสาธารณสุข กาญจนาภิเษก

Abstract

         This research and development aims to study the shoulder pain relief problem, to develop an acupressure chair and trail. The subjects were 8 students for group discussion and 30 students for trial. The subjects are selected by purposive sampling. Data were collected by using group discussion questionnaire, pain assessment form and satisfaction assessment form. The data were analyzed by content analysis, descriptive statistics (frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation), and paired t-test. The research found subjects had a method for relieving shoulder pain but found that the problem was difficult self-massage, long queues for hospital treatment and the use of topical drugs often left clothing stains. Therefore, they need device to relieve shoulder pain. Then the researcher developed an acupressure chair to reduce shoulder pain with a round wooden, 1.7 cm. diameter at the top, and steel plate for the foot pedal, connected to sling and spring for pulling round wooden to the shoulder area, along with an instruction manual. After using acupressure chair once a day for 15 minutes each other day, total of 3 sessions resulted in a statistically significant reduction in shoulder pain at the 0.001 level and overall satisfaction was at the highest level.   (=4.35, SD=0.69)