Therapeutic touchによる生理的反応と主観的反応に関する基礎的研究

Fundamental Study of Physiologic and Subjective Responses by Therapeutic Touch

目的：本研究の目的は，Dolores Kriegerによって開発されたtherapeutic touch（TT）の技法を用い，その効果を明らかにすることである。

方法：対象は健康な大学生40名である。実験群にはTT，対照群にはプラセボによるTT（PTT）を行ない，全例が両群に参加した。座位にて10分間のTTまたはPTTの実施前，実施中，実施後に心拍数，呼吸数，皮膚温を測定し，主観的反応を実施前後に測定した。

結果：心拍数は，両群ともに実施前に比べ実施中，実施後に有意に減少したが，群間比較では実験群が有意に低値であった。呼吸数は，両群ともに変化はなかった。皮膚温は両群ともに実施中，実施後に有意に上昇した。主観的反応は，両群ともに「気分の落ち着き」「両手足の温かさ」「お腹の温かさ」が実施後に有意に増加し，実験群では，加えて「心拍動の静かさ」も有意に増加した。

　The purpose of this study was to evaluate effects of technique of therapeutic touch (TT) developed by Dolores Krieger. The subjects were 40 healthy volunteer students. In the experimental group, they underwent TT for 10 minutes. In the control group, they underwent therapeutic touch by placebo (PTT) for 10 minutes. They participated in both groups, and were measured heart rate, respiration, skin temperature before, during and after interventions. The subjective responses were measured before and after interventions.

　Heart rate significantly decreased by intervention in both groups, but the experimental group was significantly low level in comparison between groups. Respiration was no change in both groups. Skin temperature significantly decreased during and after interventions in both groups. In subjective response, “calms of mood,” “warmth of limbs,” and “warmth of abdominal” significantly decreased after intervention in both groups. In the experiment group, “quietness of a heart beat” significantly increased after intervention．