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Healing hands: therapeutic touch may ease pain and delirium in ICU patients

NCT ID NCT07404904

Symptom relief Sponsor: Sibel Oksuz Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested whether therapeutic touch — a gentle, non-invasive technique — can reduce pain, delirium, and improve sleep in 80 intensive care patients. Researchers measured pain, sedation, sleep quality, and vital signs like blood pressure and heart rate. The goal was to see if this simple, drug-free approach could make ICU stays more comfortable.

What this could mean

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Active substance
therapeutic touch (a gentle, non-invasive hands-on technique)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a drug-free way to ease pain and improve sleep for intensive care patients.
What could go wrong
This is a small, completed study with no blinding, so results may be influenced by placebo effects. The approach is not a cure and may not work for everyone.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

80 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Oct 2024

Finished

Feb 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who volunteer to participate in the study, * Patients aged 18 and over who receive post-surgical treatment at the Surgical Intensive Care Unit of Aksaray Education and Research Hospital, * Patients who do not have communication problems (hearing, speaking, understanding, etc.), * Patients who have received treatment in the surgical intensive care unit for at least 72 hours, * Patients with RASS: between -3 and +4 and Glasgow coma scale: 10 and above, * Patients who use only non-steroidal drugs as analgesics, * Patients whose medical diagnosis is not dementia, * Patients who do not have a mental state disorder/psychological disease and do not use sleeping pills. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who developed complications in the ICU after surgery, * Patients who received treatment in the surgical intensive care unit for less than 72 hours.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

delirium insomnia Pain Parasomnias sleep disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

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Delirium Sleep disturbance

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Aksaray Universitesi

    Aksaray, 68100, Turkey (Türkiye)

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