• Corpus ID: 201173329

The Use of Weighted Blankets in Patients with Anxiety

@inproceedings{Hartog2019TheUO,
  title={The Use of Weighted Blankets in Patients with Anxiety},
  author={Kelsey Den Hartog and M. Jansen and Madison Godfredsen and Eden Burch},
  year={2019}
}

• K. Hartog, M. Jansen, +1 author Eden Burch
• Published 2019
• Medicine, Psychology

The purpose of this review of literature is to determine the safety and effectiveness of weighted blankets in patients in the Spencer Hospital with signs and symptoms of anxiety. A comprehensive literature review was conducted using articles from 2008 to 2017. Databases used include CINAHL and Google Scholar. The keywords weighted blanket, anxiety, deep pressure stimulation therapy, inpatient, medical-surgical, and mental health yielded 7 articles in CINAHL and 3 articles in Google Scholar. 25 articles were discarded from CINAHL because they were not relevant to the project. These included articles which focused on studies and data from longer than ten years prior to the literature review. 10 articles were pertinent based on the research and are included in the literature review. These articles met the inclusion criteria of peer review, answering the PICOT question, and of being written within the last 10 years. METHODS