Touch massage: a pilot study of a complex intervention

Lindgren, Lenita; Lehtipalo, Stefan; Winsö, Ola; Karlsson, Marcus; Wiklund, Urban; Brulin, Christine

doi:10.1111/nicc.12017

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“…Similarly, it was found that the participants evaluated by Lindgren et al (19), which had anxiety due to the aortic surgery that they would undergo, showed reduction of anxiety after being subjected to massage procedures.…”

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Influence of classic massage on cardiac autonomic modulation

Paschoal

2016

Fisioter. mov.

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“…This statement is based on the fact that, in most studies in which changes in the cardiac autonomic modulationwere observed after application of classic massage, there were previous situations of emotional and/or physical disorders (8,19).…”

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Influence of classic massage on cardiac autonomic modulation

Paschoal

2016

Fisioter. mov.

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“…Research designs included RCT ( n = 8) and quasi‐experimental approaches ( n = 4). Eight RCT studies included an experimental group that received a massage intervention and a control group that received routine care (Stevensen, ; Dunn et al, ; Richards, 1998; Asadizaker et al, ; Lindgren et al, ; Vahedian‐Azimi et al, ; Boitor et al, ; Hatefi et al, ). In some cases, patients in the control group were either resting undisturbed in the bed with the presence of a researcher/ nurse at the bedside or were receiving a hand‐holding intervention (Dunn et al, ; Asadizaker et al, ; Boitor et al, ).…”

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Effects of massage on outcomes of adult intensive care unit patients: a systematic review

Jagan

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Papathanassoglou

2019

Nursing in Critical Care

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Background: The critical care experience is particularly stressful for patients, which can result in a number of physiological and psychological consequences, including haemodynamic instability, increased pain, agitation and delirium, leading to prolonged mechanical ventilation, length of stay and subsequent complications. Massage therapy encompasses different techniques to promote relaxation and to counter stress, therefore potentially affecting several patients' outcomes. Aims: To systematically review evidence on the effects of massage on outcomes of adult critically ill patients. The outcome measures included pain, vital signs (VS), haemodynamic measurements, level of consciousness, sleep quality, muscle tension, anxiety, feelings of calm and relaxation, coping, arterial blood gases and serum biomarkers. Method: This was a systematic review based on focused literature searches (PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, EMBASE-Ovid databases, Google Scholar). The Cochrane Collaboration's tool was used to assess the risk of bias. Eligibility criteria included published experimental and quasi-experimental studies reporting on the physiological and psychological outcomes of critically ill patients. Results: Based on the selection criteria, 12 studies were included in the review. The main findings are as follows: 8 of 12 studies used randomized control designs with high internal validity, and there was a high level of evidence of favourable effects with respect to improvements in VS and a reduction in pain and anxiety. Outcomes that need to be more rigorously pursued include quality of sleep, analgesic and sedative dosages and level of consciousness. Conclusion: The results suggest that massage interventions can have positive effects on critically ill patients' outcomes. However, there are several gaps in the literature, along with methodological limitations, that require further consideration in critical care settings. Relevance to clinical practice: The results of this systematic review can inform implementation of massage interventions in critical care, which can be challenging as a result of several barriers.

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“…There is no doubt that touch is something that takes place in very many nurse–patient interactions, that touch can be a powerful facilitator of nurse–patient communication and that there is good quality evidence that touch, when used appropriately by nurses, can offer benefits to patients in a variety of clinical settings (Coakley & Duffy , Karagozoglu & Kahve , Lindgren et al . ). It could therefore be hypothesised that if a nurse is remote from their patient and only able to communicate through the medium of video, an inability to touch will preclude them from offering high‐quality care.…”

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confidence: 97%