Therapeutic Touch Assessment Scale
The TTAS measures the application and outcomes of therapeutic touch (TT), an energy-based healing modality developed by Krieger and Kunz in which practitioners use intentional hand movements proximal to or in contact with the patient's body to promote relaxation, reduce pain, and facilitate healing. Used both as a competency assessment for practitioners and as an outcome measure for patients receiving TT.
Source record
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- Krieger, D. (1979). Therapeutic touch: How to use your hands to help or heal. New York: Prentice-Hall. · URL
- Barret, E. A. M., & Yates, M. E. (2002). The Rogerian science of unitary human beings in nursing practice. In M. E. Parker (Ed.), Nursing theories and nursing practice (2nd ed., pp. 47–75). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis. · URL
- Hutchison, T. L. (2008). Therapeutic touch: A review of the evidence. Journal of Nursing Administration, 38(10), 439–445. · URL
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