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“Some physiological strain outcomes of ongoing workplace stress include an increase in the symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders, back pain, headaches, blood pressure, heart rate, and fatigue (13, 3, 6), which can ultimately translate into worker absence and sick leave”.
“Employee stress is also associated … as burnout, increased anxiety and depression, and decreased cognitive functioning (15, 16)”.
“Stress in the workplace often leads to employee strain and can negatively impact employee health and well-being (15). These detrimental health effects can increase employee absenteeism and reduce productivity (29)”.
“For example, employees who received 20-minutes of seated massage twice weekly for 8 weeks showed decreased anxiety levels, fewer sleep disturbances, and improved blood pressure and heart rate. Furthermore, their cognition scores and overall health ratings improved (4)”.
“The 28 participants were randomly assigned into one of two groups of 14 people. The first group received treatment during the 4-week phase and the second group served as the control group”.
Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test- “to assess psychological and physical strain symptoms. This scale rates the frequency which participants experienced health complaints over the previous week (eg., ‘trouble sleeping’, ‘general aches and pains’, ‘loss of interest in things’ or ‘nervousness or tenseness’). The Bartone Strain Scale uses a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from ‘Never’ (0) to ‘Always’ (5)”.
“Strain decreased significantly in the treatment group between weeks 1 (M=1.09) and 4 (M=0.73; Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test Z = -2.11, p < .05) but did not significantly change for the control group”.
“we conducted separate tests for both systolic and diastolic measures. For the treatment group, both systolic (Wilcoxon Signed Rank test Z = -2.547, p < .05) and diastolic (Wilcoxon Signed Rank test Z = – 2.103, p < .05) decreased. In the control group, no significant changes were noted for either of the blood pressure measures”.
“Finally, to evaluate the third hypothesis regarding the effectiveness of massage therapy in reducing blood pressure within single massage therapy sessions, we compared average pre-session and post-session measures for participants in the treatment group. Both systolic (Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test Z = -2.48 p < .05) and diastolic (Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test Z = -2.06, p < .05) blood pressures significantly declined within each session.”
“Moreover, studies have supported the importance of extrinsic rewards, such as massage therapy, in increasing organizational commitment (32)”.
“the use of students rather than professionals may have actually been beneficial with regard to standardizing the treatment method used”.
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