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Therapeutic Touch and Postoperative Pain: A Rogerian Research Study
Thérèse Connell Meehan, RN; PhD
Widener University, Chester, PA
This article details Meehan's research study concerning the conceptualization of therapeutic touch within Rogers' science of unitary human beings and an investigation of the effects of therapeutic touch on pain experience in postoperative patients. Using a single trial, single-blind, three-group design, 108 postoperative patients were randomly assigned to receive one of the following: therapeutic touch, a placebo control intervention which mimicked therapeutic touch, or the standard intervention of a narcotic analgesic. Using a visual analogue scale, pain was measured before and one hour following intervention. The hypothesis, that therapeutic touch would significantly decrease postoperative pain compared to the placebo control intervention, was not supported. Secondary analyses suggest that therapeutic touch may decrease patients' need for analgesic medication. Implications for further research and practice are suggested.
Key Words: Therapeutic Touch • Rogers • Pain
Nursing Science Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 2,
69-78 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/089431849300600206
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