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

University Hospital, Linkoeping

Status: Completed

Conditions: Health-care Workers; Quality of Life; Massage Therapy; Psychological Distress

Treatments: Other: Massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05555082

2020-01140

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Working at least for 50 % of fulltime

Main task working with patient care in the hospital ward

Exclusion criteria

-

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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25 participants in 1 patient group

Massage

Experimental group

Description:

30 minutes of classical swedish massage given by a certified masseur 10 times monthly during 12 months

Treatment:

Other: Massage