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The Effects of Therapeutic Touch on Pain Responses in Infants Receiving Immunizations
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Manahan, Mindy Lawree
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1123165800
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Year and Degree
2005, Master of Science (MS), University of Toledo, Nurse Educator.
Abstract
This study explored the use of therapeutic touch as a prophylactic intervention to minimize the pain experienced by infants receiving multiple immunization injections. The history, philosophy, and practice of the modality and its physiological effects on the body’s energy field were discussed in a review of the literature. Seventeen infants, from a small rural immunization clinic, participated in the study. Each of the infants received multiple immunization injections, ranging from two to four injections, with the goal of preventing communicable diseases. One group of infants received therapeutic touch and one group, who served as the control, did not receive therapeutic touch. The treatment of therapeutic touch was provided by the researcher and observed by clinic nurses who were unaware of which group, either treatment or control, that the infants were assigned to. The infant’s pain response was recorded utilizing the PAIN (Pain Assessment in Neonates) scale. Scores were compared using t-tests. The results of the analysis were not significant, potentially due to numerous factors discussed under limitations of the study, although there was a statistical significance within the treatment group, when the pre- and post-treatment heart rates and oxygenation saturation levels were analyzed.
Committee
Sandra Oehrtman, Ph.D., R.N. (Advisor)
Pages
78 p.
Subject Headings
Health Sciences, Nursing
Keywords
Pain
;
Newborn
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Manahan, M. L. (2005).
The Effects of Therapeutic Touch on Pain Responses in Infants Receiving Immunizations
[Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1123165800
APA Style (7th edition)
Manahan, Mindy.
The Effects of Therapeutic Touch on Pain Responses in Infants Receiving Immunizations.
2005. University of Toledo, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1123165800.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Manahan, Mindy. "The Effects of Therapeutic Touch on Pain Responses in Infants Receiving Immunizations." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1123165800
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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