The effects of therapeutic touch on spiritual care and sleep quality in patients receiving palliative care
Author: Kevser S Ünal Aslan1, Funda Çetinkaya2
Affiliation:
1 Fundamentals of Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Osmaniye, Turkey.
2 Department of Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey.
Conference/Journal: Perspect Psychiatr Care
Date published: 2021 Apr 16
Other:
Special Notes: doi: 10.1111/ppc.12801. , Word Count: 128
Purpose:
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of therapeutic touch (TT) on spiritual care and sleep quality in patients receiving palliative care.
Design and methods:
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).
Findings:
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.
Practice implications:
The results revealed that TT application has a positive impact on spiritual care and sleep quality of the patients.
Keywords: palliative care; sleep quality; spiritual care.
PMID: 33861467 DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12801
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