The study was conducted to determine the effects of therapeutic touch applied to intensive care patients on pain, delirium, sleep and physiological parameters.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients who volunteer to participate in the study,
* Patients aged 18 and over who receive post-surgical treatment at the Surgical Intensive Care Unit of Aksaray Education and Research Hospital,
* Patients who do not have communication problems (hearing, speaking, understanding, etc.),
* Patients who have received treatment in the surgical intensive care unit for at least 72 hours,
* Patients with RASS: between -3 and +4 and Glasgow coma scale: 10 and above,
* Patients who use only non-steroidal drugs as analgesics,
* Patients whose medical diagnosis is not dementia,
* Patients who do not have a mental state disorder/psychological disease and do not use sleeping pills.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients who developed complications in the ICU after surgery,
* Patients who received treatment in the surgical intensive care unit for less than 72 hours.
What they're measuring
1
VAS (Visual Analog Scale)
Timeframe: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (pre-intervention).
2
RASS (Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale)
Timeframe: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (pre-intervention).
3
RCSQ (Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire)
Timeframe: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (pre-intervention).
4
Blood pressure
Timeframe: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (pre-intervention).
5
Heart rate
Timeframe: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (pre-intervention).
6
Respiratory rate
Timeframe: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (pre-intervention).
7
Body temperature
Timeframe: At 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after ICU admission (pre-intervention).