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Evaluation of Touch Massage on Anxiety in Critically Ill Patients

NCT03030482 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2021-02-12

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Summary

Anxiety is a common problem encountered in a about 43 % of critically ill patients. Its occurrence can be related to several causes, mainly dominated by invasive procedures.

anxiety management is typically based on a combination of prevention, evaluation, and therapeutic agents. However, it appears important to develop adjuvant approaches. Touch massage is one of them and that has been evaluated in various medical conditions.

The aim of our study is to evaluate the anxiolytic effect of touch massage in critically ill patients during potentially painful nursing procedures.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

touch massage

Patients will have a touch massage session during 30 minutes the intervention will take place remotely (1 h) of all events that can generate anxiety

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Versailles Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-04-20
Primary Completion
2020-04-30
Completion
2020-04-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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