Validation of Effect of Tactile Care Intervention on Sleep

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25670932
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Kanazawa Medical University
• Principal Investigator: SAKAI Keiko 金沢医科大学, 看護学部, 教授 (60454229)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MATSUI Yuko 金沢医科大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (00613712) ; SAKAI Keiko 金沢医科大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (40566858) ; KOIZUMI Yumi 金沢医科大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (70550763) ; KITAMOTO Fukumi 金沢医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (00186272) ; OKAYAMA Miki 金沢医科大学, 看護学部, 助教 (50515335) ; KYUJI Kazuyou 福井県立大学, 看護福祉学部, 講師 (00550782)
• Research Collaborator: KOHNO Yumiko 金沢医科大学, 看護学部, 講師 (90566861)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: マッサージ / タクティールケア / 睡眠 / 中途覚醒 / 総睡眠時間 / PQSI / リラクセーション / 温度

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This is an intervention study to evaluate the effect of tactile care on sleep. 30 minutes of tactile care was given each time to the study subjects, 7 females (average age, 22 years), and 35 times of tactile care in total (five times each person) were practiced. To determine sleep/wake states, a watch-style sensor-net terminal was put on the non-dominant hand of each person for two weeks. For comparison, data were collected for one week without tactile care intervention and for the other week with 5 days of the intervention. The result has shown that their sleep quality was improved with tactile care intervention, by decreasing sleep latency and wake after sleep onset and by increasing nap times. This study indicates that tactile care intervention contributes to the regulation of the sleep-wake rhythm while increasing the body temperature, giving the relaxation effect, and promoting the onset of sleep.

Free Research Field

基礎看護学