Foot Reflexology for The Management of Work Stress

Introduction: Stress represents a health problem due to its impact on the quality of life of the affected individuals and the high degree of disability it leaves in their daily lives. Objective: Determine the effectiveness of Reflexology for managing work stress. Method: Foot Reflexology is implemented to manage work stress for workers at the Dr. Juan Miguel Martínez Puentes Polyclinic. A retrospective longitudinal descriptive study was carried out for massage in the foot areas of the study sample. The variables studied were: age, sex, occupation of workers, adverse actions, effectiveness of treatment and time for symptoms to disappear. Results: The largest numbers of patients are included in the age group between 31-40 years, and both sexes were represented with 50 %. 56 % of the sample had symptoms disappear with Foot Reflexology in 9 sections. 96 % of the study sample was effective with the application of Foot Reflexology. Conclusions: The study sample was characterized in relation to work stress. Of them with a high risk of stress, it decreased with the application of Foot Reflexology, which had good effectiveness with the treatment used.