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Effect of therapeutic Swedish massage on anxiety level and vital signs of Intensive Care Unit patients

2016; Elsevier BV; Volume: 21; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jbmt.2016.08.009

ISSN

1532-9283

Autores

Tatiana Alves da Silva, Débora Stripari Schujmann, Leda Tomiko Yamada da Silveira, Fátima Aparecida Caromano, Carolina Fu,

Tópico(s)

Pediatric Pain Management Techniques

Resumo

To evaluate how Swedish massage affects the level of anxiety and vital signs of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients.Quasi-experimental study.ICU patients, 18-50 years old, cooperative, respiratory and hemodynamic stable, not under invasive mechanical ventilation.allergic to massage oil, vascular or orthopedic post-operative, skin lesions, thrombosis, fractures. A 30-min Swedish massage was applied once.arterial pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, S-STAI questionnaire. Timing of evaluation: pre-massage, immediately post-massage, 30 min post-massage. Comparison: T-test, corrected by Bonferroni method, level of significance of 5%, confidence interval of 95%.48 patients included, 30 (62.5%) female, mean age 55.46 (15.70) years old. Mean S-STAI pre-massage: 42.51 (9.48); immediately post-massage: 29.34 (6.37); 30 min post-massage: 32.62 (8.56), p < 0.001 for all comparison. Mean vital signs achieved statistical significance between pre-massage and immediately post-massage.Swedish massage reduced anxiety of ICU patients immediately and 30 min post-massage. Vital signs were reduced immediately post-massage.

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