Massage Therapy for HIV-positive People : Effects on Anxiety, Depression, Hyperventilation and Quality of Life

HIV-positive Diagnosis Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02535429
• Other study ID #: HIV massage
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 25, 2015
• Last updated: August 11, 2016
• Start date: July 2015
• Est. completion date: July 2016

Study information

• Verified date: August 2016
• Source: Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Belgium: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Massage therapy during 1 month and evaluation of depression, hyperventilation, anxiety and quality of life

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 28
• Est. completion date: July 2016
• Est. primary completion date: December 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• HIV-positive diagnosis

Exclusion Criteria:

• musculoskeletal disorders

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• HIV Seropositivity
• HIV-positive Diagnosis

Intervention

Other:
• massage

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	Clinique universitaire Saint-Luc	Brussels

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Anxiety measured by Hospital anxiety and depression scale		5 minutes	No
Primary	Depression measured by Hospital anxiety and depression scale		5 minutes	No
Primary	Hyperventilation measured by NIJMEGEN questionnaire		5 minutes	No
Primary	quality of life measured by World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire		10 minutes	No