Fundamentals of Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Osmaniye, Turkey.
Department of Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey.
Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2022 Jan;58(1):374-382. doi: 10.1111/ppc.12801. Epub 2021 Apr 16.
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of therapeutic touch (TT) on spiritual care and sleep quality in patients receiving palliative care.
The research was conducted on 73 inpatients receiving palliative care in a training and research hospital. Data were collected with Socio-Demographic Status Questionnaire, Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).
As a result of this study, a statistically significant difference was found between the intervention and control group SSCRS (Z = -7.356 p = 0.000) and PSQI (Z = -7.292 p = 0.000) in post-test data after 4 weeks of TT application.
The results revealed that TT application has a positive impact on spiritual care and sleep quality of the patients.
本研究旨在探讨治疗触摸（TT）对接受姑息治疗患者的精神关怀和睡眠质量的影响。
该研究在一家培训和研究医院的 73 名接受姑息治疗的住院患者中进行。使用社会人口统计学状况问卷、灵性和精神关怀评分量表（SSCRS）、匹兹堡睡眠质量指数（PSQI）收集数据。
本研究结果显示，干预组和对照组在 TT 应用 4 周后的 SSCRS（Z=-7.356，p=0.000）和 PSQI（Z=-7.292，p=0.000）后测数据之间存在统计学显著差异。
结果表明 TT 应用对患者的精神关怀和睡眠质量有积极影响。
