Introduction: Patients following mechanical ventilation go down to agitation due to
anxiety, stress and stimulation of tracheal tube, that may be treat in doing of
mechanical ventilation processes and can be create dyspnea, confusion and
inability. Control of agitation with drug and physical restrictions have much
unpleasant complication. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the
effect of touch on agitation in patients under mechanical ventilation. Materials and Methods: The semi-experimental research was performed in a general intensive cares
unit in a hospital in Tehran in 2011. The data collection tools were including
demographic questionnaire, Glasgow coma scale and Richmond agitation score
scale. 35 consciousness patients under mechanical ventilation with 30-60 years
old and acute respiratory problems were investigated. Firstly, the patient's
agitation was evaluated and then intervention performed in two ways:(a) with
standing and touching patient's wrist and (b) with standing without touching of
patient's wrist. Results: From 35 patients, 21 (60%) and 14 (40%) were respectively men and female.
Minimum and maximum age was respectively 35 and 60 years. Most of the patients
were ranged in the age group of 50 years
or more (57.1%) and then 40 to 49 years group (17.2%) and 25.7% of the patients were under 40 years old. In standing
without touching patient's wrist intervention, agitation scores before and
after intervention had no significant difference (P=0.592), while as, with
standing and touching patient's wrist intervention this difference was
significant (P