The implementation and evaluation of therapeutic touch in burn patients: An instructive experience of conducting a scientific study within a non-academic nursing setting

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 439-446

  Busch, Martine ^a   Visser, Adriaan ^c,e   Eybrechts, Maggie ^a   van Komen, Rob ^b   Oen, Irma ^b   Olff, Miranda ^d   Dokter, Jan ^b   Boxma, Han ^b  

^a Van Praag Instituut   (Netherlands)

^b Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^c ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e HELEN DOWLING INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Burns; Cortisol; Implementation; Itching; Nursing presence; Pain medication; Procedural pain; Therapeutic touch

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MORPHINE;

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NURSING CARE; NURSING PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BURNS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870296975     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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