Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton (Dr Smith); and College of Nursing, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (Dr Reed).
ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2023;46(2):219-232. doi: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000487. Epub 2023 Feb 6.
Touch has been linked empirically to healing outcomes; therefore, developing theories about the dynamics between touch and healing is important for nursing. A practice-based theory is described within a Unitary Science perspective emerging from the findings of a qualitative descriptive study of the experiences of persons with advanced cancer receiving touch (massage and simple touch) during hospice care. Seventeen participants were interviewed. Through content analysis and retroductive constructivist theory development, healing through touch was described as a dynamic process cocreated by healer and healee, characterized by the simultaneous activities of sensing , reflecting , and connecting . Interpretation of findings from a unitary lens led to an overarching theme of touch as sanctuary and explication of theoretical alignment with the concepts of wholeness, awareness, and presence.
触摸已被经验性地与治疗结果联系起来;因此,发展关于触摸和治疗之间动态关系的理论对护理很重要。在一项关于接受临终关怀期间接受触摸(按摩和简单触摸)的晚期癌症患者体验的定性描述性研究的结果中,从统一科学的角度描述了一种基于实践的理论。对 17 名参与者进行了访谈。通过内容分析和回溯性建构主义理论发展,触摸的治疗作用被描述为一个由治疗者和被治疗者共同创造的动态过程,其特征是同时进行感知、反思和连接的活动。从统一的角度对研究结果进行解释,得出触摸作为庇护所的主题,并阐述了与整体性、意识和存在概念的理论一致性。