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In this study, I carried out foot refl exology, which is a program affecting psychological criterion of an old age, targeting eight elderly couples in rural area in order to examine a usefulness of foot refl exology by analyzing the effect on depression, anxiety status and leisure satisfaction after foot refl exology training and treatments. I planned pre-to-post of the same experimental group which contains eight elderly couples. Foot refl exology training and treatments are conducted 60 minutes one time, twice a week and for 12 weeks. The changes of depression, anxiety status and leisure satisfaction were measured. We reached a conclusion that depression (p<.01), anxiety status (p<.05), and leisure satisfaction (p<.001) were significantly decrease after the foot refl exology training and treatments. Therefore, Foot refl exology training and treatments can be useful of elderly couple’s leisure program in rural area for their leisure satisfaction and mental health.