Effects of Therapeutic Touch on Anxiety, Vital Signs, and Cardiac Dysrhythmia in a Sample of Iranian Women Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Journal of Holistic Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 225-234

  Zolfaghari, Mitra ^a   Eybpoosh, Sana ^b   Hazrati, Maryam ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

alternative therapies; holistic nursing; stress management; Therapeutic Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; IRAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84874302309     PISSN: 08980101     EISSN: 15525724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898010112453325     Document Type: Article

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