Can Massage During One Year Improve Health in Health-care Providers Working in Hospital

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health-care Workers; Psychological Distress; Massage Therapy; Quality of Life
• Interventions: Other: Massage

• Registration Number: NCT05555082
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Linkoeping

Brief Summary

The overall aim of this pilot study is to investigate the effect, "feasibility" and experiences of regular massage over 12 months on the mental and physical health of healthcare professionals, as well as the frequency of layoffs, sick leave and reported patient safety risk cases, as well as health economics

Detailed Description

A pilot and "feasibility" study with pre-post design. 50 health care professionals from the Medical Clinic, Vrinnevi Hospital in Norrköping are included. The participants perform 10 30 minute sessions of classic Swedish massage during 12 months by a certified masseur. Mental and physical health data is collected using questionnaires, blood and body weight. Data on layoffs, sick leave and patient safety risks are taken from the hospital's data register. Data regarding the participants' experience of receiving massages is collected during interviews.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-09-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-09-22
• Study First Posted: 2022-09-26
• Study Start: 2022-11-20
• Primary Completion: 2024-03-01
• Study Completion: 2024-03-01
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-07
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 25

Inclusion Criteria

Working at least for 50 % of fulltime

Main task working with patient care in the hospital ward

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Massage	Massage	30 minutes of classical swedish massage given by a certified masseur 10 times monthly during 12 months

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sleeping problems	change in Insomnia Severity Index mean score from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). Score can range from 0 to 28. A higher score means more sleeping problmes	Insomnia Severity Index
Symptoms of stress	change in Percieved Stress Scale-10 mean score from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). Score can range from 0 to 40. A higher score means more stress	Percieved Stress Scale-10
Symptoms of depression	change in Patient Health Questionnaire-9 mean score from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). Score can range from 0 to 27. A higher score means more depressive symptoms	Patient Health Questionnaire-9
Symptoms of anxiety	change in General Anxiety Disiorder mean score from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). Score can range from 0 to 21. A higher score means more anxiety	General Anxiety Disorder-7

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health Related Quality of life	change in the eight health concept scores and the two summary component scores of the RAND-36 from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). Scores range from 0 to 100. A higher score means a better health related quality of life	The RAND-36
Staff turnover	the number of sick leave days during the 12 months internvetion period will be compared to the numbers of sicke leave days the previous year. Data will be collected from the hospitals datajournal system	Sick leave days
Global Quality of life	change in Visual Analog Scale from EQ-5D score from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). The scale ranges from 0 to 100. A higher score means a better quality of life	Visual Analog Scale from EQ-5D

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Peter Johansson; 🇸🇪 Norrköping, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden

Linkoping University; 🇸🇪 Norrköping, Sweden