Caring Hand Massage - an Intervention in Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy in an Outpatient Setting - a Pilot Study

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Caring Hand Massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02742415

16-001790

Details and patient eligibility

About

Since there is a limited amount of evidence on the feasibility and outcomes on the use of hand massage in patients undergoing cancer treatment, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and outcomes of hand massage therapy in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, and to measure its influence on their symptoms.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients age 18 - 80
2. Patient receiving treatment on Mayo Clinic's Chemotherapy Outpatient Clinic
3. Able to speak English and complete surveys
4. Able to read, understand and sign inform consent.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patient has rash, sores, wounds, incision or other skin conditions on hands
2. Unable to give consent or complete the surveys
3. Already having received previous hand massage
4. Pregnant women. (As verbalized by participant)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 1 patient group

Cancer patients receiving hand massage

Experimental group

Description:

Caring Hand massage will be provided to the outpatients undergoing chemotherapy

Treatment:

Behavioral: Caring Hand Massage