Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Pain, Anxiety and Infection in Burn Patients.

摘要

The purpose of this randomized clinical trial was to determine whether Therapeutic Touch (TT) versus sham TT treatment could produce greater pain relief, reduce anxiety, and lower the rate of nosocomial infection (NI) among burn and/or trauma patients (n = 115). Participants in this study received either TT or sham TT treatment as an adjunct to routinely administered analgesic, sleep, and anti-anxiety medications. The study was conceptually based on Rogers (1970) theory of unitary human beings. Data were gathered between November 1995 and June 1996, from the burn unit in a teaching hospital located in the southeastern United States. No significant differences in participants demographic or study characteristics were found between the experimental (n = 69) and control groups (n = 46).