Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Sleep Quality and Anxiety in Individuals With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

NCT ID: NCT04842903

Last Updated: 2021-04-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 103 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-03-15
• Study Completion Date: 2019-03-15

Brief Summary

Purpose: The purpose is to determine the effect of therapeutic touch on the sleep quality and anxiety of individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Material and methods: This study was conducted between March 2018 and March 2019 as a randomized controlled experimental study conducted with pre-test post-test model. In addition to the routine nursing care, therapeutic touch (TT) and study scales were applied to the experimental group for a total of three sessions, once a day and 10 minutes each, for three consecutive days and only study scales were applied to the control group. The data was collected using Personal Information Form, Richard-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire and State Anxiety Inventory.

Conditions

COPD; Anxiety; Sleep

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Experimental Group

Therapeutic touch and standard nursing care of the clinic (such as breathing exercise, postural drainage) was applied.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Therapeutic Touch

Intervention Type: OTHER

Therapeutic touch is an energy transfer process based on the assumption that every living organism in the universe has an energy field and these energy fields that interact with each other can be changed with the practices made by a conscious and certain intent. TT is an independent nursing practice first applied and developed by nurses Dora Kunz and Dolores Krieger in 1972. TT is also an art of concentration therapy in which the therapist focuses on consciousness as a focus to create balance and coordination in the mutual energy fields of the patient and the environment, and uses their hands to transfer energy. The fact that TT is easy to use, has no known side effects, has low costs, is non-invasive, and its importance among nurses and increasing frequency of its practice in recent years show that it is a powerful alternative to other CAT methods.

Control Group

Only standard nursing care of the clinic (such as breathing exercise, postural drainage) was applied.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Therapeutic Touch

Therapeutic touch is an energy transfer process based on the assumption that every living organism in the universe has an energy field and these energy fields that interact with each other can be changed with the practices made by a conscious and certain intent. TT is an independent nursing practice first applied and developed by nurses Dora Kunz and Dolores Krieger in 1972. TT is also an art of concentration therapy in which the therapist focuses on consciousness as a focus to create balance and coordination in the mutual energy fields of the patient and the environment, and uses their hands to transfer energy. The fact that TT is easy to use, has no known side effects, has low costs, is non-invasive, and its importance among nurses and increasing frequency of its practice in recent years show that it is a powerful alternative to other CAT methods.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Over the age of 18
• Literate
• Oriented, open to communication and cooperation
• Those who are hospitalized in the clinic for at least four days
• Patients who volunteered to participate in the study were included.

Exclusion Criteria

• Have any diagnosed psychiatric disorder
• Using antidepressants, antihistamines, benzodiazepines, hypnotic and narcotic drugs
• Persons using any other complementary and alternative treatment method during the therapeutic touch application were not included in the study.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Abant Izzet Baysal University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Mehmet Ali Çalışkan

Research Assisstant

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Birgül CERİT, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Faculty of Health Science

Locations

Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal Univercity

Bolu, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

References

Caliskan MA, Cerit B. Effect of therapeutic touch on sleep quality and anxiety in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomized controlled trial. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2021 Nov;45:101481. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2021.101481. Epub 2021 Sep 8.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 34536666 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

AIBU-SBF-MAC-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id