Aging is a normal process that happens throughout the life of a person and brings various changes. Age has an effect on the sleep cycle, increasing the amount of light sleep and decreasing the amount of deep sleep. This change to lighter sleep leads to a raise in brief awakenings, and more disturbance in sleep. In order to improve the quality of sleep, nurses must be vigilant in identifying and treating sleep problems by using interventions like hot water foot bath therapy. It enhances elderly people’s sleep quality and helps them in preventing them from various sleep disorders.
Methodology: Quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design was used by using PSQI Scale.
Settings and Design: A quasi-experimental design was adopted to fulfil the purpose of the study. The study was conducted at a selected Old Age Home in Dehradun.
Results: The findings of the study reveals that the mean post-test sleep quality of the control group (8.95 ± 2.80) was higher than the mean post-test experimental group (4.00 ± 0.97). This implies that there was a significant improvement in the quality of sleep in the experimental group as compared to the control group (tcal = 7.468), p < 0.05).
Conclusions: The present study concluded that warm water foot bath was highly beneficial for improving sleep quality among elderly people.