Development of the healing touch comfort questionnaire

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 122-129

  Dowd, Therese ^a   Kolcaba, Katharine ^a   Steiner, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Comfort; Comfort Theory; Energy therapy; Healing Touch; Measurement; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHILOSOPHY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH;

EID: 33745241698     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200605000-00006     Document Type: Article

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