Can Massage During One Year Improve Health in Health-care Providers Working in Hospital

Quality of Life Clinical Trial

Official title:

Can Massage During One Year Improve Health in Health-care Providers Working in Hospital

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05555082
• Other study ID #: 2020-01140
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 20, 2022
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: University Hospital, Linkoeping
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The overall aim of this pilot study is to investigate the effect, "feasibility" and experiences of regular massage over 12 months on the mental and physical health of healthcare professionals, as well as the frequency of layoffs, sick leave and reported patient safety risk cases, as well as health economics

Description:

A pilot and "feasibility" study with pre-post design. 50 health care professionals from the Medical Clinic, Vrinnevi Hospital in Norrköping are included. The participants perform 10 30 minute sessions of classic Swedish massage during 12 months by a certified masseur. Mental and physical health data is collected using questionnaires, blood and body weight. Data on layoffs, sick leave and patient safety risks are taken from the hospital's data register. Data regarding the participants' experience of receiving massages is collected during interviews.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 25
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: March 1, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Working at least for 50 % of fulltime

Main task working with patient care in the hospital ward

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Massage Therapy
• Psychological Distress
• Quality of Life

Intervention

Other:
• Massage
10 times of 30 minutes Swedish classical Massage will be given monthly during one year. The massage will be give by a cerified masseur

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Linkoping University	Norrköping
Sweden	Peter Johansson	Norrköping	Linköpings Universitet

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Linkoeping

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Symptoms of stress	Percieved Stress Scale-10	change in Percieved Stress Scale-10 mean score from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). Score can range from 0 to 40. A higher score means more stress
Primary	Symptoms of depression	Patient Health Questionnaire-9	change in Patient Health Questionnaire-9 mean score from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). Score can range from 0 to 27. A higher score means more depressive symptoms
Primary	Sleeping problems	Insomnia Severity Index	change in Insomnia Severity Index mean score from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). Score can range from 0 to 28. A higher score means more sleeping problmes
Primary	Symptoms of anxiety	General Anxiety Disorder-7	change in General Anxiety Disiorder mean score from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). Score can range from 0 to 21. A higher score means more anxiety
Secondary	Staff turnover	Sick leave days	the number of sick leave days during the 12 months internvetion period will be compared to the numbers of sicke leave days the previous year. Data will be collected from the hospitals datajournal system
Secondary	Health Related Quality of life	The RAND-36	change in the eight health concept scores and the two summary component scores of the RAND-36 from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). Scores range from 0 to 100. A higher score means a better health related quality of life
Secondary	Global Quality of life	Visual Analog Scale from EQ-5D	change in Visual Analog Scale from EQ-5D score from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). The scale ranges from 0 to 100. A higher score means a better quality of life