An Initial Study Using Healing Touch for Women Undergoing a Breast Biopsy
| Autor: | Noel Kilgarriff, Paul Thomlinson, Deborah Rae Goldberg, Berney Williams, Diane Wind Wardell, David Eichler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Breast biopsy
Adult medicine.medical_specialty Nursing (miscellaneous) Adolescent Biopsy Healing Touch Complementary therapy Breast Neoplasms Anxiety medicine.disease_cause 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer Medicine Psychological stress Humans Aged Aged 80 and over 030504 nursing medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General surgery Fear Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Touch 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business Stress Psychological |
| Zdroj: | Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association. 34(2) |
| ISSN: | 1552-5724 |
| Popis: | Aim: To determine if a noninvasive complementary therapy, Healing Touch, would benefit women undergoing diagnostic procedures for the determination of breast cancer. Women often experience high levels of fear and anxiety during this diagnostic period. Study Design: A randomized controlled pilot study. Method: An out-patient clinic specializing in breast care management was used. Seventy-three women age 18 to 85 years old participated, with 31 in the control group of standard care and 42 in the intervention group receiving Healing Touch, a noninvasive energy therapy. A specific technique, magnetic clearing, was provided by a practitioner for 15 minutes prior to the biopsy procedure. Both the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Coping Resources Inventory were used preprocedurally and the following day to assess changes. Results: A mixed analysis of variance indicated that State Anxiety for the Healing Touch group showed a statistically significant reduction of anxiety that was sustained into the following day, F(2, 142) = 10.94, p < .001. For Trait Anxiety, there was a significant change pre-and postintervention to the day after, F(2, 142) = 5.15, p < .007. The Coping Resources Inventory had significant changes in two subcategories, Emotional, F(2, 142) = 6.10, p = .003, and the Spiritual/Philosophical, F(2, 142) = 6.10, p < .001, in the Healing Touch group. Conclusion: Healing Touch may have benefit in reducing anxiety from diagnostic breast procedures. |
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