The Effect of Therapeutic Treatment on Stress and Coping Stress (nursing)

Zehra Bayram

Status: Completed

Conditions: Nurse's Role

Treatments: Behavioral: Therapeutic Touch

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05367934

0000-0001-9237-2714

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Nursing Students on Perceived Stress and Stress Coping Behaviors

Experimental group

Description:

The nurses in the intervention group were given therapeutic touch for 15 minutes once a week for two weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Therapeutic Touch

The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Stress and Stress Coping Behaviors

Other group

Description:

No treatment was applied to the patients in the control group other than their routine care.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Therapeutic Touch