Nurse's Role
Conditions
Keywords
nursing, therapeutic touch, stress, coping stress, education
Brief summary
Nursing students are exposed to intensive theoretical and clinical applications throughout their academic education. During this educational process, students' stress increases and their coping behaviors are affected.
Detailed description
This study was conducted to determine the effects of therapeutic touch applied to nursing students on stress levels and coping behaviors. The nurses in the intervention group were given therapeutic touch for 15 minutes once a week for two weeks, and the patients in the control group did not receive any treatment other than their routine care.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALTherapeutic Touch
Therapeutic Touch for stress
Sponsors
Zehra Bayram
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Masking description
The nurses in the intervention group were given therapeutic touch for 15 minutes once a week for two weeks, and the patients in the control group did not receive any treatment other than their routine care.
Intervention model description
This study is a randomized controlled experimental study.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 24 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Over the age of 18, Maximum age 24 Volunteer to work, Nursing students who had not received touch therapy before were included in the study.
Exclusion criteria
* • Previous or current tactile therapy, * A therapeutic touch therapist, * Nursing students who did not volunteer for the study were not included in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Stress | Scales are filled after 3 days of application | Perceived Stress Inventory for Nursing Students (APPS) (Annex II) Sheu et al. (2002) originally in Chinese, the scale consisted of 29 items. Chan et al. (2009), Cronbach's alpha coefficient was found to be 0.89, and the sub-dimensions were 0.87-0.89. Karaca et al. (2014) validated the Turkish validity and reliability of the scale. In the evaluation of the items; A five-point Likert-type assessment was used, including '4- Very stressful for me, 3, 2, 1, 0- Not stressful for me'. |
| The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Stress Coping Behaviors | Scales are filled after 3 days of application | Stress Coping Behaviors Scale for Nursing Students (SPSAS) (Annex III), Sheu et al. (2002) the scale consists of 19 items. Karaca et al. (2014) validated the Turkish validity and reliability of the scale. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was found to be 0.76. In the evaluation of the items; A five-point Likert-type assessment was used: '4- I agree, 3, 2, 1, 0- I strongly disagree'. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed