Method: In Paper I, five nurses with a touch therapist training were interviewed
about their experiences of preparation before giving tactile touch in
an ICU. To analyse the meaning of preparation as a phenomenon, Giorgi’s
descriptive phenomenological approach was used. In Paper II and III a randomised
controlled trial was set up to investigate the effects of a five-day
tactile touch intervention on patients’ oxytocin levels in arterial blood (II),
on patients’ blood pressure, heart rate and blood glucose level, and on patients’
levels of anxiety, sedation and alertness (III). Forty-four patients were
randomised to either an intervention group (n = 21) or a control group (n =
23). Data were analysed with non-parametric statistics. In Paper IV, six patients
who had received the tactile touch intervention were interviewed to illuminate
the experience of receiving tactile touch during intensive care. To
gain a deeper understanding of the phenomenon and to illuminate the meaning,
Ricoeur’s phenomenological hermeneutical method, developed by Lindseth
and Norberg, was used
Method: In Paper I, five nurses with a touch therapist training were interviewedabout their experiences of preparation before giving tactile touch inan ICU. To analyse the meaning of preparation as a phenomenon, Giorgi’sdescriptive phenomenological approach was used. In Paper II and III a randomisedcontrolled trial was set up to investigate the effects of a five-daytactile touch intervention on patients’ oxytocin levels in arterial blood (II),on patients’ blood pressure, heart rate and blood glucose level, and on patients’levels of anxiety, sedation and alertness (III). Forty-four patients wererandomised to either an intervention group (n = 21) or a control group (n =23). Data were analysed with non-parametric statistics. In Paper IV, six patientswho had received the tactile touch intervention were interviewed to illuminatethe experience of receiving tactile touch during intensive care. Togain a deeper understanding of the phenomenon and to illuminate the meaning,Ricoeur’s phenomenological hermeneutical method, developed by Lindsethand Norberg, was used
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