Analysis Perception and Attitude on PAIN RELIEF Effect of Meridian Massage and Hyperthermia Program

• 발행기관: J-INSTITUTE
• 저자명: Eunhee An Jaebum Lee Eungyul Na
• 간행물 정보: 『Protection Convergence』vol.6 no.3, 21~31쪽, 전체 11쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 사회학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2021.09.30

영문 초록

Purpose: This study, the focus group interview was utilized to explore in depth the perceptions and attitude towards the effects of meridian massage and thermotherapy, which are widely used by and at beauty & health multi shops as the pain relief intervention programs. Method: As for the study participants, 16 participants and managers who have used meridian massage and thermotherapy of the beauty health multi shop for 10 years or longer were selected by a nomadic sampling method through an expert meeting. The focus group interview was conducted by dividing the users and partici-pants of meridian massage and thermotherapy into 2 groups. As for the analysis of contents, attempts were made to categorize the data through open coding and axial coding via systematic methods of the qualitative research Results: As a result of conducting the group interview on the perceptions and attitude of the users and man-agers of the beauty health multi shop on the pain relief programs, 4 areas, 14 themes, and 92 categories were derived as a result of performing the repeated comparative analysis of data, and the common contents among the groups were confirmed in an integrated manner. Conclusion: In this study, the perceptions and attitude of the users and managers concerning the meridian massage and thermotherapy, which are used as pain relief programs at and by beauty & health multi shop, were confirmed by using the focus group interview. Various and factual opinions were ascertained based on the results of this study, and it is well expected that they will be used as the basic data for the non-medical health care ser-vice area moving forward.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Research Methods

3. Results

4. Conclusion and Recommendations

5. References

6. Appendix

키워드

Meridian Massage Hyperthermia Perception Attitude Focus Group Interview