Impacts of Touch-massage on the Experience of Patients With Chronic Pain and on the Provider-patient Relationship in Inpatient Settings: a Mixed Method Study.
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain
- Sponsor
- School of Health Sciences Geneva
- Enrollment
- 82
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Global impression of change
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the impacts of Toucher-Massage on the experience of patients with chronic pain. The study takes place in two rehabilitation internal medicine services of the University Hospitals of Geneva at 2 inpatients units with 78 participants (39 per group).
Detailed Description
This is a monocentric study with a design of non-randomized cluster trial with an exploratory qualitative part. The treatment is assigned to one of two care units and subjects are allocated to the care unit not according to a randomization process but based on administrative basis. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the impacts of Toucher-Massage (TM) on the experience of patients with chronic pain hospitalized in two rehabilitation internal medicine services. The main objective is to measure the effects of TM on the global impression of change of the perception of pain. The secondary objectives are: 1. Measure the effects on 1. the severity and impact of pain 2. anxiety/depression 3. caregiver-patient interaction 2. Explore the experiences of patients benefiting from TM 3. Explore perceptions, resistance, barriers and facilitators regarding the proposed interventions with the health care teams of the units. The population is patients suffering from chronic pain in two units of the internal medicine rehabilitation service at Beau-Séjour. The two units are similar in terms of care intake and populations cared for. The required sample size is 78 participants (39 per group)
Investigators
Gora Da Rocha
Professor assistant
School of Health Sciences Geneva
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Hospitalized for a minimum of two weeks
- •Suffering from chronic pain for more than 3 months
- •Having sufficient command of French in reading, writing or speaking
Exclusion Criteria
- •Documented cognitive impairments, and jeopardizing their ability to discern
- •Diagnosed with cancer that does interfere with foot massage (extremities metastases)
- •Dermatological conditions that interfere with foot massage
- •Suffering from major polyneuropathy
- •Taking anticoagulants or bleeding disorders
- •Being pregnant
- •Having a pacemaker
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Global impression of change
Time Frame: Baseline, two weeks
Global impression of change will be measured by The Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC). Minimum value = 1 (no change or condition has got worse) Maximum value = 7 (a great deal better, and a considerable improvement that has made all the difference)
Secondary Outcomes
- Severity of pain(Baseline, two weeks)
- The patient's perception of their interaction with the caregiver(Baseline, two weeks)
- Anxiety, depression(Baseline, two weeks)