Effects of Using Mobile Application on Thai Massage for Treating Neck and Shoulder Pain

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to 1) compare academic achievement in knowledge between pre-post experimental with mobile application on Thai massage for treating neck and shoulder pain 2) evaluate skills achievement on Thai massage for treating neck and shoulder pain and 3) evaluate satisfaction of mobile application Thai massage for treating neck and shoulder pain. The samples were the 30 Thai traditional medicine program students at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, registered in the second semester, academic year 2020. The instrument used for the experiment consisted of the mobile application on Thai massage for treating neck and shoulder pain. The research instruments consisted of the following 1) the knowledge achievement tests on Thai massage for treating neck and shoulder pain 2) the skill achievement tests on Thai massage for treating neck and shoulder pain and 3) the questionnaire on the satisfaction of mobile application Thai massage for treating neck and shoulder pain. The trial period two weeks. Data were analyzed by mean standard deviation and Pair-Samples t test. The results showed that 1) Academic achievement in knowledge post experimental was higher than pre experimental at a statistical significance (p-value ≤0.001) 2) the learners' skills were the highest level and 3) the satisfaction of using mobile application on Thai massage for treating neck and shoulder pain was the highest level.