Hand Massage May Reduce Stress Among Elderly People with Dementia, Agitation.

The article discusses the study "The effects of hand massage on stress and agitation among people with dementia in a hospital setting: a pilot study." Topics include the care received by subjects in the control group and those in the intervention group; main outcome measures in the study such as agitation, salivary cortisol and salivary alpha-amylase; and comparison of the salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase levels among subjects in the intervention group with those in the control group.