Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Sleep Quality in Elders Living at Nursing Homes

Bağcı H., Çınar Yücel Ş.

JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH, cilt.59, sa.3, ss.1304-1318, 2020 (AHCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 59 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10943-019-00831-9
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, ATLA Religion Database, CINAHL, EMBASE, Index Islamicus, MEDLINE, Psycinfo
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1304-1318
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Therapeutic touch, Elder, Sleep quality, Complementary medicine, Nursing, ANXIETY, PAIN, AGITATION, PEOPLE, WOMEN
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study was carried out to investigate the effect of therapeutic touch on sleep quality in the elderly people living in the nursing homes. The study is a randomized controlled experimental study (pretest-posttest control group). The sample of the research consisted of 25 elderly people. As a result of the study, although there was a significant increase (p < 0.05) in the sleep quality of each group, no significant difference was found between the groups (p > 0.05). Therapeutic touch is an effective method of improving the sleep quality of the elders living at a nursing home.