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The Response Of Elderly Hospitalized Patients To Nurses' Use Of Expressive Touch, Theresa Lynn Burgett
The Response Of Elderly Hospitalized Patients To Nurses' Use Of Expressive Touch, Theresa Lynn Burgett
Nursing ETDs
The purpose of this research was to determine the subjective reactions of elderly hospitalized patients to the use and non-use of expressive touch by nurses. Expressive and instrumental touch and personal and non-personal talk were operationally defined.
The sample of 23 elderly patients consisted of 15 females and 8 males. The mean age of the sample was 76.4 years.
The unit of study was the patient's bath. A repeated measures quasi--experimental design was utilized. Each patient received both the control and experimental interaction. The control interaction involved the use of instrumental touch only and the experimental interaction both instrumental and …