ArticleMateria socio-medica2016
EFFECT OF THERAPEUTIC TOUCH ON PAIN RELATED PARAMETERS IN PATIENTS WITH CANCER: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL.
Article in Materia socio-medica, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04935775 (The Effect of Touch on Pain and Anxiety During the Bone Marrow Biopsy Procedure), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Effect of Touch on Pain and Anxiety During the Bone Marrow Biopsy Procedure
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- Robot touch with speech boosts positive emotions.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- A rapid evidence assessment of recent therapeutic touch research.Nursing open · 2021Review
- Biofield Therapies: Guidelines for Reporting Clinical Trials.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
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Abstract
introductionIn patients with cancer, pain may influence their life style, and feeling of satisfaction and comfort, leading to fatigue, and cause impairment of their quality of life, personal relationships, sleep and daily activities. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of therapeutic touch (TT) on pain related parameters of in patients with cancer.
methodsIn a randomized clinical trial a total of 90 male patients referring to Specialized Oncology Hospital in Mashhad, were conveniently selected and randomly divided into three intervention, placebo, and control groups. The intervention consisted of TT in 7 sessions for a 4-week period. The data were collected using a demographic questionnaire along with the Brief Pain Inventory, which were then analyzed and compared using Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests.
resultsBy comparing scores parameters of pain scales (general activity, mood, walking ability, relations with other people and sleep) in the three groups, there was no significant difference at the beginning of the first session. However, a significant difference was observed at the end of TT sessions between the three groups (p= 0.001). Furthermore, the groups were compared two-by-two by using Mann-Whitney test and Bonferroni correction, and the result indicated significant differences between the two intervention and placebo groups as well as between the two intervention and control groups.
conclusionThe results of the study showed that TT had a positive impact on the positive management of pain related parameters in cancer patients. Therefore, TT is suggested to be used by healthcare providers as a complementary method for managing pain and its parameters.
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