NCT07404904

Therapeutic Touch on Pain, Delirium, Sleep, and Physiological Parameters

Evaluation of the Effects of Therapeutic Touch on Pain, Delirium, Sleep, and Physiological Parameters in Intensive Care Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sibel Oksuz · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study was conducted to determine the effects of therapeutic touch applied to intensive care patients on pain, delirium, sleep and physiological parameters.

Detailed description

This study aims to evaluate the effects of therapeutic touch on pain, delirium, sleep, and physiological parameters in surgical intensive care patients. Patients will be assessed at 24, 48, and 72 hours. The intervention and control groups will be randomized. The intervention group will receive routine care and therapeutic touch, while the control group will receive only routine care. Parameters will be assessed before and after each measurement.

Conditions

• Sleep Disturbance
• Delirium

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	therapeutic touch	therapeutic touch

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-10-10
• Primary completion: 2024-12-01
• Completion: 2025-02-28
• First posted: 2026-02-12
• Last updated: 2026-02-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)