title: Comparison of a healing touch, coaching, and a combined intervention on comfort and stress in younger college students.
abstract: Three nursing interventions to increase total comfort and reduce stress-related events in young college students experiencing stress were compared. Healing Touch, coaching, and a combination of both, were compared to a waitlist. On comfort and stress, Healing Touch had better immediate results, while coaching had better carryover effects.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA. tdowd@uakron.edu
authors.forename: Therese
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dowd
authors.forename: Katharine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kolcaba
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steiner
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fashinpaur
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009742:Nursing Theory; D009820:Ohio; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D019124:Therapeutic Touch / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014495:Universities