Comparison of the Effects of Therapeutic Touch and Patient Education on Postponed Patients

Patients whose surgery has been postponed will be educated by the researcher through a booklet regarding the waiting process. The education includes information such as anxiety management, pain management, and re-surgery planning. The booklet consists of 22 pages and a copy is given to each patient in this group. The education lasts between 15-20 minutes and the patients' questions are answered. It is applied in a single session.

Therapeutic touch application is applied as a single session and lasts approximately 20-25 minutes. The therapeutic touch that emerges from the artistic aspect of nursing is an energybased practice that does not involve physical contact. Therapeutic touch is a conscious and compassionate effort to direct the flow of one's universal life energy to healing by influencing this energy.