Background: Hospitalization in intensive care units (ICUs) results tactile deprivation, which may cause physiologic imbalance. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of hand tactile stimulation on the vital signs of traumatic head injury patients in Qazvin ICUs. Methods: This clinical trial study was conducted on sixty patients with severe brain trauma admitted to ICUs in Qazvin, in 2016. The subjects were selected by the convenience sampling method and assigned in two groups of intervention and control. Hands, wrists and palms of patients were touched for 5 minutes twice a day (morning and evening) and vital signs were recorded immediately from the 1st to 5th day of admission. Data were analyzed by the paired and in...
Purpose: Massage therapy is an important adjunctive treatment for physiologic and psychologic sympto...
Abstract Background: ICU (Intensive Care Unit) delirium is identified as an acute phase of altered n...
Background and purpose: Pain assessment is a challenge in traumatic brain injury (TBI) in critical c...
Background: Hospitalization in intensive care units (ICUs) results tactile deprivation, which may ca...
Background: hospitalization in intensive care units (ICUs) result in tactile deprivation and receivi...
Introduction: Intensive care unit is one of the most stressful wards for patients and it is estimate...
Background: Underlying diseases and aggressive procedures, such as different types of surgery and ca...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Stroke is caused by a disturbance in the blood flow to a part of the brain...
Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to acquire knowledge about whether tactile touch as a comple...
Consciousness disturbances are the most common posttraumatic complications. The purpose of this stud...
Background and Aim: Hospitalization of traumatic patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and their...
Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to acquire knowledge about whether tactile touch as a comple...
Several studies have suggested the effectiveness of foot massage on reducing stress and blood pressu...
Background & Aim: High frequency of traumatic and non-traumatic brain injuries in one hand and impro...
Objectives: Various studies concerning the treatment of patients in the Intensive Care Unit using c...
Purpose: Massage therapy is an important adjunctive treatment for physiologic and psychologic sympto...
Abstract Background: ICU (Intensive Care Unit) delirium is identified as an acute phase of altered n...
Background and purpose: Pain assessment is a challenge in traumatic brain injury (TBI) in critical c...
Background: Hospitalization in intensive care units (ICUs) results tactile deprivation, which may ca...
Background: hospitalization in intensive care units (ICUs) result in tactile deprivation and receivi...
Introduction: Intensive care unit is one of the most stressful wards for patients and it is estimate...
Background: Underlying diseases and aggressive procedures, such as different types of surgery and ca...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Stroke is caused by a disturbance in the blood flow to a part of the brain...
Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to acquire knowledge about whether tactile touch as a comple...
Consciousness disturbances are the most common posttraumatic complications. The purpose of this stud...
Background and Aim: Hospitalization of traumatic patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and their...
Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to acquire knowledge about whether tactile touch as a comple...
Several studies have suggested the effectiveness of foot massage on reducing stress and blood pressu...
Background & Aim: High frequency of traumatic and non-traumatic brain injuries in one hand and impro...
Objectives: Various studies concerning the treatment of patients in the Intensive Care Unit using c...
Purpose: Massage therapy is an important adjunctive treatment for physiologic and psychologic sympto...
Abstract Background: ICU (Intensive Care Unit) delirium is identified as an acute phase of altered n...
Background and purpose: Pain assessment is a challenge in traumatic brain injury (TBI) in critical c...