Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Sleep Quality in Elders Living at Nursing Homes

This study was carried out to investigate the effect of therapeutic touch on sleep quality in the elderly people living in the nursing homes. The study is a randomized controlled experimental study (pretest–posttest control group). The sample of the research consisted of 25 elderly people. As a resu...

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Published inJournal of religion and health Vol. 59; no. 3; pp. 1304 - 1318
Main Authors Bağci, Hazel, Yücel, Şebnem Çinar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer Science + Business Media 01.06.2020
Springer US
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Aging
Clinical Psychology
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nursing homes
Older people
ORIGINAL PAPER
Public Health
Religious Studies
Sleep
Therapeutic touch
Sleep quality
Complementary medicine
Nursing
Elder
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Summary:This study was carried out to investigate the effect of therapeutic touch on sleep quality in the elderly people living in the nursing homes. The study is a randomized controlled experimental study (pretest–posttest control group). The sample of the research consisted of 25 elderly people. As a result of the study, although there was a significant increase (p < 0.05) in the sleep quality of each group, no significant difference was found between the groups (p > 0.05). Therapeutic touch is an effective method of improving the sleep quality of the elders living at a nursing home.
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ISSN:0022-4197
1573-6571
DOI:10.1007/s10943-019-00831-9