Healing Touch International, Inc. - research

[Go Back]

research - instruments

RESEARCH EVALUATION TOOLS

The latest research on Healing Touch research instruments. More complete information about these studies is available in the Healing Touch International Research Survey. [MORE...]

Development of an Instrument to Measure Holistic Client Comfort as an Outcome of Healing Touch, Therese Dowd, PhD, RN, Katharine Kolcaba, PhD, RNC, and Richard Steiner, PhD, MPH
The Energy Therapy Comfort Questionnaire (ETCQ) was adapted from the General Comfort Questionnaire (Kolcaba, 1992) to measure the immediate efficacy of Healing Touch (HT) on the outcome of holistic comfort. Findings of the 53 persons who returned the questionnaires were that those who had received five or more HT treatments had higher comfort levels than those with fewer treatments. The ETCQ provides a holistic measure of the effects of HT for research and practice venues.

The HEALTH Tool (Healing Energy and Life Through Holism), Sylvia Philpy, MSN, NNP, CNS and Cynthia Hutchinson DNSc, RN, CHTI

The goal of this project was to develop a tool that would be totally encompassing in reflecting the Healing Touch treatment process. This included who the practitioner is, who the patient is, what techniques are used and in what order, and what the environment is like. The HEALTH tool is designed to obtain a thorough, holistic history from a client; determine the meaning the client holds for each aspect of that history; document and assess the outcome of all energetic healing treatments done; and determine the concerns, plans, and goals for care on the part of the client, as well as the practitioner.

The Development and Initial Testing of an Instrument to Assess Advanced Practice Nursing Graduate Students' Attitudes Toward Healing, Nancy Scheel, MS, MA, RN

The purpose of this study was to develop and initially test an instrument to assess advanced practice nursing graduate students’ knowledge and attitudes toward Healing Touch. The instrument, A Surgery Study of Advanced Practice Nursing Graduate Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Healing Touch was initially tested by 14 volunteer first year advanced practice nursing graduate students. There were no significant relationships so the investigator made recommendations for instrument revisions.

[ Back ]