Footbath For The Improvement of Pain & Sleep Quality After Degenerative Lumbar Spine Surgery .
Effects of Footbath on Postoperative Pain and Sleep Quality in Patients With Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease: A Randomized Controlled Study.
J Neurosci Nurs . 2023 Aug 1;55(4):125-130.60 patients undergoing degenerative lumbar spine surgery were randomized to receive either a footbath (n=30) or standard of care (n=30). Outcomes of interest included pain and sleep quality after 1 postoperative day on a Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Pain severity was similar between the groups, whereas sleep quality was significantly better in the footbath group.
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