Abstract
BackgroundThe way health care professionals touch patients and relatives in the intensive care unit plays a significant role. A negative feeling can be caused by being touched in the wrong way, this is why a holistic approach with respect for the patient is important for the ability to make the patient and their relatives feel secure, avoiding unnecessary suffering. AimThe aim of the study was to describe the meaning of caring touch that is given in the ICU from the health care professionals perspective. MethodQualitative interview study with health care professionals in the intensive care unit, analysed using inductive content analysis, resulting in two themes and four main categories. FindingsTwo themes emerged: Imperative touch and emotional touch and four main categories: touch as a natural tool, create a prerequisite for touch, empathetic touch and conversant touch. ConclusionCaring touch can be used as a natural tool in the daily work in order to bring comfort and calm to the patient in the intensive care unit.
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