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[Scoping review on the concepts of touch and massage and their effects on agitation and stress in aged hospitalized patients suffering from dementia]

This scoping review examines the effects of touch/massage on agitation and stress in aged hospitalized patients suffering from dementia. This intervention is multidimensional, at the edges of medical neurosciences, nursing sciences, and social sciences. This review is primarily supported by a biological model of social relations, describing the interconnection between cognition, affect, and endocrine aspects of attachment modes. It is also guided by nursing sciences conceptualizations which anchors touch/massage in the heart of nursing practice. The importance of touch/massage and its emotional regulation capacity is discussed in the light of these conceptualizations. The needs for that kind of contact in aged demented inpatients appears to be related to sensory loss and to a lack of emotional and social contacts. Evidence of the benefits of touch/massage is synthesized and indicate that this intervention is sometimes difficult to provide for agitated patients. Finally, proposals are made to develop a scientific agenda in clinical settings in order to continue the development of evidence and thus contribute to better inform nursing practice.

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