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Massage as an Adjunct Approach to Care for Pregnant Women Who Have Experienced a Stillbirth

NCT05636553 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 76

Last updated 2025-02-26

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Summary

The goal of this mixed-methods single-arm study is to measure the feasibility of massage as an adjunct approach to care for pregnant women who have experienced a stillbirth. In order to provide pilot data, this intervention study will:

1. Determine the feasibility and acceptability of the massage intervention and optimize the timing and outcome measures,
2. Provide data for future use in an individual participant data systematic review, and
3. Evaluate experiences of women undertaking the intervention

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Conditions

  • Pregnancy Related
  • Pregnancy Loss

Interventions

OTHER

Massage

Individualised treatment using massage techniques such as longitudinal gliding, transverse gliding, digital ischemic pressure, transverse frictions, and transverse gliding.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massage Therapy Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Western Sydney

    collaborator OTHER

  • Fogarty Sarah

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sarah Fogarty, PhD · Western Sydney University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-02-07
Primary Completion
2024-08-01
Completion
2024-12-31

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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