EFFECTS OF SUAN SUNANDHA PALACE’S THAI MASSAGE FOR HEALTH TOWARDS RELAXATION AND SATISFACTION OF ELDERS IN WAT CONCEPTION COMMUNITY ON PHYSICAL FITNESS

Abstract

The research was a quasi-experimental research that aimed 1) to study the effects of Suan Sunandha Palace’s Thai traditional massage for health on the relaxation and its levels of satisfaction of elders in Wat Conception Community, Dusit District, Bangkok, Thailand, and 2) to comparatively analyze the physical fitness of elders before and after receiving Suan Sunandha Palace’s Thai traditional massage for health. Focused samples were 25 volunteered care users, age at 60-80 years old, who took a full course of Suan Sunandha Palace’s Thai traditional massage. The experiment period was 8 weeks out, 60 minutes in weekly, and related program constructed by researcher. The research tools used in data collection were item-objective congruence equaled to 0.96 and reliability verified by try-out test, which composed of 1) the relaxation and its levels of satisfaction evaluation of elders towards Suan Sunandha Palace’s Thai traditional massage for health, 2) physical fitness test for elders. The data were statistic analyzed by computerized program for arithmetic mean, standard deviation and paired sample t-test.
The findings of this study were as follows;
1. The effects of Suan Sunandha Palace’s Thai traditional massage for health on elders. 1.1 The effects of Suan Sunandha Palace’s Thai traditional massage for health was x̅ = 4.42 in high level relaxation Physical Fitness 1.2 The effects of Suan Sunandha Palace’s Thai traditional massage for health was x̅ = 4.72 in very high level satisfaction.
2. The effects of Suan Sunandha Palace’s Thai traditional massage for health on elders in 1st and 8th weekly were significant difference as follows.
2.1 The 30 Second-Chair Stand were significant difference at the 0.001 level.
2.2 The Sit and Reach were significant difference at the 0.01 level.
2.3 The Shoulder Girdle Flexibility were significant difference
2.3.1 Upper right-Pose were significant difference at the 0.001 level.
2.3.2 Upper left-Pose were significant difference at the 0.001 level.
2.4 2 Minute-Step were significant difference at the 0.001 level.