| Abstract [eng] |
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as complete physical, social, and emotional well-being, not just the absence of disease. Health is treated as a whole, and psychological emotional health is receiving increasing attention. World Health Organization 1976 Ayurveda has been recognized as a "traditional medicine" whose approach to human health includes physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual balance. One of the natural therapies used in Ayurveda, self-massage or also known as oiling, has a positive effect on overall human health, as well as emotional balance, which is widely described in the literature. Summarizing the sources of information analysed in the work, it can be stated that in the scientific literature, researchers pay attention to the following issues: what is the impact of the measures proposed by Ayurveda on the human body; whether the measures proposed by Ayurveda can improve the quality of life; what measures to improve the emotional state, etc. Thus, the connection between one of the traditional Indian medicine therapies - self-massage and emotional balance - is a relevant object of research both theoretically and practically, for its wider knowledge, and this work is dedicated to this work. The aim of research work: To evaluate the effectiveness of self-massage for emotional health. Materials and methods: The following measures were used in the performed research: In the theoretical part was used comparative analysis of concepts, publications and scientific literature. In the empirical part, the method of quantitative (survey) research was used - two questionnaire surveys were conducted: 1. SF36 and 2. a survey for constitutional type. Qualitative research-interview was also performed. The analysis of quantitative research data performed using analytical system IBM SPSS Statistics (21 version) and Microsoft Excel. Qualitative research method was used as content analysis. In the research was a group of 48 participants (main group 31 and control group of 17 participants). The survey was performed following ethical principles. Results: Test results in both researched groups (main and control) were evaluated and compared before and after the research. It was found that in the main group self-massage have statistically significant effects on emotional health (p<0,1). Conclusion: Ayurveda self-massage in the main research group had improved emotional health in statistically significant value. |
