Evaluation of the Impact of Touch Relaxation in Sedated Intubated Patients Hospitalized in Intensive Care at Niort Hospital

Evaluation of the Impact of Touch Relaxation in Sedated Intubated Patients Hospitalized in Intensive Care at Niort Hospital

This is a randomized prospective study. This objective is the impact of "relaxing touch" on the use of chemical restraint for patients in intensive care from the lifting of sedation until extubation.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male or female over 18 years of age
• Intubated and sedated man or woman
• Extubation within 48 hours
• Intubation of more than 48 hours in total
• Patient in intensive care at Niort hospital
• The trusted person or referent accepting the patient's participation
• Patient affiliated to the social security system

Exclusion Criteria:

• Known pregnancy
• Patient who refused to participate in the study after the fact
• Patients under long-term antidepressant treatment (treatment longer than 3 months)
• Patients under guardianship or curatorship
• Patient deprived of liberty
• Skin lesions on the hands/feet/head (wounds, erythema, burns, bedsores, phlyctenes)
• Inclusion in another clinical study