2011
DOI: 10.5205/reuol.2052-14823-1-le.0601201202
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Integrative and complementary therapy in nursing: the therapeutic touch in the intensive care unit

Abstract: Objectives: to observe the types of therapeutic touch used by nursing professionals with the internal patient in intensive care unit (ICU), as well as to analyze the profile of practitioners and patients who were treated. Method: this is an observational cross-sectional study with stratified sampling carried out in the ICUs of three health centers in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, between December 2010 and February 2011. A descriptive analysis using frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, and varia… Show more

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“…No entanto, estes também causam alterações de humor e aumentam o limiar de dor. Estes resultados validam a utilização de técnicas complementares no combate a dor e ansiedade, bem como os previne, a partir da redução de sintomas secundários que podem gerar quadros álgicos e de ansiedade (NASCIMENTO et al, 2012).…”
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“…No entanto, estes também causam alterações de humor e aumentam o limiar de dor. Estes resultados validam a utilização de técnicas complementares no combate a dor e ansiedade, bem como os previne, a partir da redução de sintomas secundários que podem gerar quadros álgicos e de ansiedade (NASCIMENTO et al, 2012).…”
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“…A partir de uma visão global do paciente, e de suas necessidades como ser vivo, as técnicas complementares, muitas vezes, trabalham a melhor movimentação das energias corporais, conhecidas como Qi (qui), ou outras técnicas não convencionais, que vêm mostrando cada vez mais benefícios para pacientes que não conseguem mais obter bons resultados com tratamentos farmacológicos e técnicas tradicionais da medicina ocidental (NASCIMENTO et al, 2012).…”
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“…Then, it is necessary to emphasize that the therapeutic touch, as in all integrative practices, does not exclude allopathic treatment, but can be performed concomitantly with other measures implemented by the health team. 9 In this holistic understanding of the human being, there is a resurgence of the millennial and ancestral vision of the integral care of human beings, taking into consideration its emotional, psychoactive and spiritual aspects as elements that directly affect the health, contributing to the appearance of diseases in the physical body. 7 Thus, the therapeutic touch is shown as a strategy of nursing care since the nurse is the professional able to perceive these human signs.…”
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confidence: 99%