Touching lives: understanding factors for successful touch interventions medrxivpreprint touchintervention touch mentalhealth physicalhealth research
By Dr. Chinta SidharthanJul 17 2023Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers conducted an extensive systematic review and meta-analysis to understand the impact of touch interventions on mental and physical health and the moderators that influence the effectiveness of touch interventions.
Touch interventions such as kangaroo care for infants and massages have been associated with better physical and emotional development and have been seen to reduce stress and anxiety in humans and animals. The influence of demographic factors such as age, clinical status, sex, the body part being touched, type of touch, number of sessions, and duration of each session was also examined. Newborns were assessed separately from adults and children.
Touch interventions involving the head, hands, or neck, with or without massage oils, were coded as skin-to-skin contact, while touch dyads involving objects and robots were coded as non-skin-to-skin by default. Touch interventions were significantly effective for infants in increasing weight during the growing phase and regulating cortisol levels. In contrast, in adults and children, touch interventions were linked to reducing depression, pain, and trait and state anxiety.
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