NCT05075694

Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine Non-interventional Clinical Research Institutional Ethics Committe

the Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Sleep Quality and Fatigue in Menopausal Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cukurova University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 45 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This research was carried out to determine the effect of therapeutic touch on sleep quality and fatigue in menopausal women.

Detailed description

Methods: This randomized controlled experimental study was conducted with 48 (24 in the intervention group and 24 in the control group) women who sought treatment in the gynecological outpatient clinic of a public hospital. According to the study procedure, while the intervention group received therapeutic touch, the control group received SHAM therapeutic touch for 10 minutes a day for five consecutive days. Data were collected through the Personal Information Form, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and the Piper Fatigue Scale. Results: The median post-test total sleep quality score was significantly lower in the intervention group than in the control group (p=0.010). However, the mean total fatigue scores did not differ significantly between the groups (p=0.917). Conclusions: The results of this study showed that therapeutic touch was effective in improving sleep quality, but it did not affect fatigue in menopausal women.

Conditions

• Menopause
• Sleep
• Fatigue
• Therapeutic Touch

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Therapeutic Touch	Therapeutic Touch performed in line with the Therapeutic Touch Practice Procedure included the following steps: centering, assessing, rebalancing, reassessing, reexamining, grounding, and closure.
OTHER	Sham Therapeutic Touch	The control group was administered STT instead of TT for 10 minutes for successive 5 days. The practice was implemented in line with STTPP. The practice was implemented by not centering or intending to help to heal, by moving at a longer distance, and by imitating the TT practice protocol visually.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-12-15
• Primary completion: 2022-01-15
• Completion: 2022-03-15
• First posted: 2021-10-13
• Last updated: 2023-03-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)