Artigo Acesso aberto Produção Nacional Revisado por pares

Efeitos gradativos do toque terapêutico na redução da ansiedade de estudantes universitários

2008; Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem; Volume: 61; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0034-71672008000600008

ISSN

1984-0446

Autores

Vanessa Miranda Gomes, Maria Júlia Paes da Silva, Eutália Aparecida Cândido de Araújo,

Tópico(s)

Health, Nursing, Elderly Care

Resumo

This is quantitative research conducted with 42 students of a public university using the Therapeutic Touch - Krieger-Kunz Method and the application of a questionnaire validated in Brazil to assess anxiety in three sessions. Subjects were divided into two groups: experimental (1), in which the complementary therapy was used; and control (2), in which a mock of the technique, with no therapeutic intention, was applied. The objective was to identify the gradual influence of that health complementary therapy upon the students' state of anxiety. The analysis of the data showed a statistically significant reduction of the state of anxiety in both groups, with pd' 0.05.

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