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Effects of Healing Touch on Pain and Anxiety in Women After Cesarean
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Healing Touch and Control for Pain, Postoperative and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 210 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Pain and anxiety are the most common complications after cesarean birth, and impair the mother's ability to optimally care for herself and her newborn. It is important for health care providers to evaluate options post-operatively to maximize symptom management and quality of care for these patients, including the option of complementary therapies such as Healing Touch (HT). This study examines the effects of HT after cesarean delivers , including the differences between pain (Numeric Rating Scale) and anxiety (Numeric Rating scale) through a Randomized Control Trial study design. The total sample size for the proposed study will include 160 participants. The study will include patients' age ≥18 years. Based on their randomization, the study coordinator at each site will schedule either 1) a Healing Touch (HT) practitioner for the intervention group OR 2) a non-HT practitioner who will collect data for the control group. HT practitioner will verify consent, then ask the woman to complete baseline measurements of pain and anxiety. Levels of pain and anxiety will be reassessed post-intervention.
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Interventions
Healing Touch (HT), with a foundation in holistic nursing, is a gentle therapy that uses touch to promote health and well-being by balancing the human energy system. Healing Touch (HT) is a biofield therapy in which practitioners use their hands in a heart-centered and intentional way to provide energetic balance to support physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. It is safe for all ages and works in harmony with, is complementary to, and may be integrated with standard medical care. Healing Touch is a collection of standardized, noninvasive techniques that clear, energize, and balance the human and environmental energy fields.
Quiet Time (QT) session is when a subject is provided with quiet for 15 minutes