The Effect of Therapeutic Treatment on Stress and Coping Stress

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Nurse's Role
• Interventions: Behavioral: Therapeutic Touch

• Registration Number: NCT05367934
• Lead Sponsor: Zehra Bayram

Brief Summary

Nursing students are exposed to intensive theoretical and clinical applications throughout their academic education. During this educational process, students' stress increases and their coping behaviors are affected.

Detailed Description

This study was conducted to determine the effects of therapeutic touch applied to nursing students on stress levels and coping behaviors. The nurses in the intervention group were given therapeutic touch for 15 minutes once a week for two weeks, and the patients in the control group did not receive any treatment other than their routine care.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-04-14
• Study First Submitted: 2022-04-27
• Primary Completion: 2022-05-04
• Study Completion: 2022-05-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-05-05
• Study First Posted: 2022-05-10
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-06
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 24

Inclusion Criteria

• Over the age of 18, Maximum age 24 Volunteer to work, Nursing students who had not received touch therapy before were included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• • Previous or current tactile therapy,

  • A therapeutic touch therapist,
  • Nursing students who did not volunteer for the study were not included in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Stress and Stress Coping Behaviors	Therapeutic Touch	No treatment was applied to the patients in the control group other than their routine care.
The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Nursing Students on Perceived Stress and Stress Coping Behaviors	Therapeutic Touch	The nurses in the intervention group were given therapeutic touch for 15 minutes once a week for two weeks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Stress	Scales are filled after 3 days of application	Perceived Stress Inventory for Nursing Students (APPS) (Annex II) Sheu et al. (2002) originally in Chinese, the scale consisted of 29 items. Chan et al. (2009), Cronbach's alpha coefficient was found to be 0.89, and the sub-dimensions were 0.87-0.89. Karaca et al. (2014) validated the Turkish validity and reliability of the scale. In the evaluation of the items; A five-point Likert-type assessment was used, including '4- Very stressful for me, 3, 2, 1, 0- Not stressful for me'.
The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Stress Coping Behaviors	Scales are filled after 3 days of application	Stress Coping Behaviors Scale for Nursing Students (SPSAS) (Annex III), Sheu et al. (2002) the scale consists of 19 items. Karaca et al. (2014) validated the Turkish validity and reliability of the scale. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was found to be 0.76. In the evaluation of the items; A five-point Likert-type assessment was used: '4- I agree, 3, 2, 1, 0- I strongly disagree'.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Zehra Bayram; 🇹🇷 Osmani̇ye, Turkey