Healing touch as a supportive intervention for adult acute leukemia patients: A pilot investigation of effects on distress and symptoms

Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 89-97

  Danhauer, Suzanne C ^a   Tooze, Janet A ^b   Holder, Paige ^b   Miller, Christina ^b   Jesse, Michelle T ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy medicine; Healing touch; Leukemia; Symptom management

Indexed keywords

ANTILEUKEMIC AGENT;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALING TOUCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT DURATION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51549110544     PISSN: 1715894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7200.2008.0012     Document Type: Article

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