The Effect of Hand Massage on Pain, Anxiety, and Comfort Levels of Intensive Care Patients

This study titled "Evaluation of the Effect of Hand Massage on Patients' Pain, Anxiety and Comfort Levels" aims to determine the effect of hand massage on patients in intensive care units. Our study is single-center and will continue until May 30, 2023. The study is designed to create an experimental and control group. Your patient is in the control group of the study. During the application period of the study, patients in the control group will be provided with routine nursing care and no additional nursing intervention will be applied. Patients in the intervention group of the study will be applied a total of 12 sessions of hand massage, 6 sessions per week (15 minutes each session).