title: Outcomes of comfort touch in institutionalized elderly female residents.
abstract: Comfort touch as a holistic nursing intervention has gained considerable attention in the past decade. The purpose of this experimental study was to examine whether comfort touch improved the perceptions of self-esteem, well-being and social processes, health status, life satisfaction and self-actualization, and faith or belief and self-responsibility in 45 institutionalized elderly female residents. Results revealed that comfort touch significantly improved the perceptions of all elements. This article offers recommendations for practice, research, and education.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, USA.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Butts
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006304:Health Status; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012649:Self Concept; D013997:Time Factors; D014110:Touch; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*