Impact of Multisensory Hand Massage on the Well-being of Cancer Patients

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes1 site in 1 country9 target enrollmentSeptember 17, 2019

ConditionsCancer

Overview

The investigators wish to study the impact of a multisensory hand massage on the immediate well-being of cancer patients.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

September 17, 2019

End Date

October 11, 2022

Last Updated

3 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

Responsible Party

Sponsor

•The patient must have given their free and informed consent and signed the consent form
•The patient must be a member or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
•Patient treated in the oncology department of CHU Nimes for any form of cancer with an EValuation Immédiate du Bien-Etre (EVIBE) score of 3 or lower

•The subject is participating in another category I interventional study, or is in a period of exclusion determined by a previous study
•The subject refuses to sign the consent
•It is impossible to give the subject informed information
•The patient is under safeguard of justice or state guardianship
•Patient allergic to the massage oil
•Patients with visual or auditory problems
•Patients with an infection resulting in hyperthermia
•Patient with hematoma on the hand
•Patient with dermatological problems or painful areas on the hands
•Patients with an EVIBE score greater than 3

Change in well-being following multisensory massage

Time Frame: 30 minutes

EValuation Immédiate du Bien-Etre (EVIBE) questionnaire: 1-5 pictorial scale with 1 being lowest

Well-being following multisensory massage(8 hours)
Patient anxiety(8 hours)
Satisfaction of staff performing the multisensory massage(End of inclusions (12 months))