The Effects of Slow-Stroke Back Massage on Minutes of Nighttime Sleep in Persons With Dementia and Sleep Disturbances in the Nursing Home: A Pilot Study

Journal of Holistic Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 255-263

  Harris, Melodee ^a   Richards, Kathy Culpepper ^b   Grando, Victoria T ^c  

^a HARDING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; nursing home; sleep; slow stroke back massage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; NURSING HOMES; PILOT PROJECTS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874303982     PISSN: 08980101     EISSN: 15525724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898010112455948     Document Type: Article

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