Parent-Delivered Massage in Paediatric Cancer

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine how parents of children with cancer rate a parent-delivered massage therapy educational program for usability and satisfaction, and if massage therapy, provided by parents to their child with cancer, reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression in the child, and parenting stress in the parent.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Stress
• Pediatric Cancers

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Massage

Children will receive a 10-15 minute massage seated (clothed), or in bed (clothed or unclothed) each day using the following protocol: stroking, effleurage, petrissage, muscle squeezing, effleurage, stroking. Massaged areas can include the back, arms and legs. Parents will receive a one hour educational session with a Massage Therapist, a DVD, and written materials that all illustrate the required protocol.

OTHER

Journaling

Children will complete weekly journals about their feelings. These journals will either be drawn or written based on the preference of the child. Parents will complete a weekly journal outlining the number of massages given to their child, barriers that prevented massage, and their experience of giving the massage.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• SickKids Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• Stollery Children's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Canadian Institute of Natural and Integrative Medicine

  collaborator OTHER

• Centennial College

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Trish Dryden, RMT, M.Ed · Applied Research Centre, Centennial College

• Sabine Moritz, Dipl. Biol., M.Sc · Canadian Institute of Natural and Integrative Medicine

• Sunita Vohra, MD, FRCPC, M.Sc · Stollery Children's Hospital & University of Alberta

• Dawn Davies, MD, FRCPC · Stollery Children's Hospital

• Adrienne D Witol, Psy.D., C.Psych · Stollery Children's Hospital

• Andrea M Laizner, RN, Ph.D · Centre de recherché Hôpital Sainte-Justine CHU Mère-Enfant & McGill University Health Centre

• Lyse Lussier · Le Phare enfants et familles

• Janet Kahn, LMT, Ph.D. · University of Vermont

• Amanda Baskwill, RMT · Centennial College

• Linda Curcher, CCRP · Stollery Children's Hospital

• Elizabeth Barberree, RMT · Massage Therapist Association of Alberta (MTAA)

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

6 Years

Max Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2007-04-30

Primary Completion

2009-04-30

Completion

2009-06-30

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations