The study was conducted to determine the effects of therapeutic touch applied to intensive care patients on pain, delirium, sleep and physiological parameters.
This study aims to evaluate the effects of therapeutic touch on pain, delirium, sleep, and physiological parameters in surgical intensive care patients. Patients will be assessed at 24, 48, and 72 hours. The intervention and control groups will be randomized. The intervention group will receive routine care and therapeutic touch, while the control group will receive only routine care. Parameters will be assessed before and after each measurement.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
80
therapeutic touch
Aksaray Universitesi
Aksaray, Turkey (Türkiye)
VAS (Visual Analog Scale)
Pain intensity measured using a 0-10 Visual Analog Scale (0 = no pain, 10 = worst pain).
Time frame: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (pre-intervention).
RASS (Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale)
Sedation/agitation level scored from +4 (combative) to -5 (unarousable).
Time frame: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (pre-intervention).
RCSQ (Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire)
Sleep quality assessed with RCSQ, range 0-100.
Time frame: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (pre-intervention).
Blood pressure
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure measured using standard bedside monitoring in the intensive care unit.
Time frame: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (pre-intervention).
Heart rate
Heart rate measured using continuous bedside cardiac monitoring in the intensive care unit.
Time frame: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (pre-intervention).
Respiratory rate
Respiratory rate measured and recorded as breaths per minute using bedside monitoring.
Time frame: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (pre-intervention).
Body temperature
Body temperature measured using a standard clinical thermometer in the intensive care unit.
Time frame: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (pre-intervention).
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Oxygen saturation
Peripheral oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximetry.
Time frame: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (pre-intervention).
VAS (Visual Analog Scale)
Pain intensity measured using a 0-10 Visual Analog Scale.
Time frame: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (post-intervention).
RASS (Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale)
Sedation/agitation scored from +4 to -5.
Time frame: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (post-intervention).
RCSQ (Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire)
Sleep quality assessed with RCSQ, range 0-100.
Time frame: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (post-intervention).
Blood pressure
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure measured using standard bedside monitoring in the intensive care unit.
Time frame: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (post-intervention).
Heart rate
Heart rate measured using continuous bedside cardiac monitoring in the intensive care unit.
Time frame: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (post-intervention).
Respiratory rate
Respiratory rate measured and recorded as breaths per minute using bedside monitoring.
Time frame: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (post-intervention).
Body temperature
Body temperature measured using a standard clinical thermometer in the intensive care unit.
Time frame: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (post-intervention).
Oxygen saturation
Peripheral oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximetry.
Time frame: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (post-intervention).