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Evaluation of the Efficiency of Touch Massage on the Quality of Life at Work of Nursing Staff Working in a Cancer Center. (Pause "Toucher Massage (TM)")

NCT06928987 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 88

Last updated 2025-04-15

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to scientifically confirming the common perception that Touch-Massage (TM) breaks have a beneficial effect on the daily life of paramedics, both psychologically and physically.

The main question\[s\] it aims to answer \[is/are\]:

* Evaluating the efficacy of TM on burnout
* Evaluating the efficacy of TM on anxiety
* Evaluating the efficacy of TM on affect
* Evaluating the efficacy of TM on musculoskeletal disorders Researchers will compare 2 groups : Control group of paramedics who do not have the benefit of TM breaks and an experimental group of paramedics taking TM break.

Participants in the experimental group received one 15-minute TM session per week for 6 weeks and burnout, anxiety, affect, and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) will be assessed in participants using questionnaires at different times of the study. Participants in the control group complete only the same questionnaires at the same times as the experimental group.

Participants in the 2 arms are reviewed at 3 and 6 months to complete the questionnaires.

Conditions

  • Quality of Life at Work
  • Paramedical Professionals
  • Touch Massage
  • Cancer Center

Interventions

OTHER

Touch Massage

The practitioner performs the touch-massage for 15 minutes on clothed personnel in a seated position on an ergonomic massage chair. The massage focuses on the back, neck and arm areas. It's a precise, technical sequence of pressure, stretching and sweeping movements that follows the following pattern: * Basic anti-stress maneuvers to relieve tension, * Relaxation of the upper torso with weightless movements to loosen shoulders and arms, * Stretching, * Redynamization through rapid friction on the back. Burnout, anxiety, affect, and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) will be assessed in participants using the following questionnaires at different times of the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Institut Cancerologie de l'Ouest

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-05-16
Primary Completion
2025-05-02
Completion
2025-07-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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