NCT01667328
Completed
Not Applicable
Utility of Preoperative Massage in Breast Surgery Patients
Vassar Brothers Medical Center1 site in 1 country299 target enrollmentStarted: June 2012Last updated:
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 299
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Anxiety level
Overview
Brief Summary
This randomized controlled interventional study is designed to determine whether breast cancer surgical patients receiving presurgical massage therapy performed by a licensed massage therapist have decreased average anxiety levels compared to the control group of breast cancer surgical patients who do not receive massage therapy.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Male or female
- •Must speak English
- •Able to give consent
- •18 years of age or older
- •Undergoing first procedure outpatient breast/axillary surgery at Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Exclusion Criteria
- •Anxiolytics or antidepressants medications during the previous 24 hours
- •Any condition that would prohibit receiving a massage
- •IV medications prior to presurgical holding VAS assessment
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Anxiety level
Time Frame: Upon arrival at the hospital for scheduled surgery and again immediately prior to surgery. Expected interval between measurements estimated to be less than 120 minutes.
Assessments will be done immediately post registration and immediately prior to surgery
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Study Sites (1)
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