Monroe Carolyn Magdalen
New York University, USA.
J Holist Nurs. 2009 Jun;27(2):85-92. doi: 10.1177/0898010108327213. Epub 2009 Mar 19.
To better understand how Therapeutic Touch can be used in today's health care arena, this integrative literature review will examine current research that will help answer the question, Does Therapeutic Touch reduce pain?
An extensive search was conducted of the online databases MEDLINE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, PsychLIT, and PubMed to retrieve research articles published from 1997 to 2007.
Seven studies that were conducted between 1997 and 2004 were found and only five of the seven were included as pertinent evidence to answer the question. All of the research that was reviewed to answer whether Therapeutic Touch could significantly reduce pain revealed a majority of statistically significant positive results for implementing this intervention.
Because there are no identified risks to Therapeutic Touch as a pain relief measure, it is safe to recommend despite the limitations of current research.
Therapeutic Touch should be considered among the many possible nursing interventions for the treatment of pain.
为了更好地理解治疗性触摸如何在当今的医疗保健领域中应用，本整合文献综述将审视当前的研究，以帮助回答“治疗性触摸能否减轻疼痛？”这一问题。
对在线数据库MEDLINE、CINAHL、Cochrane图书馆、EMBASE、PsychLIT和PubMed进行了广泛搜索，以检索1997年至2007年发表的研究文章。
发现了1997年至2004年间进行的七项研究，其中只有五项被纳入作为回答该问题的相关证据。所有被审查以确定治疗性触摸是否能显著减轻疼痛的研究都显示，实施这种干预措施在统计学上有大多数显著的积极结果。
由于作为一种疼痛缓解措施，治疗性触摸没有已确定的风险，尽管当前研究存在局限性，但推荐使用是安全的。
在众多可能用于治疗疼痛的护理干预措施中，应考虑治疗性触摸。
