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Effect of Therapeutic Massage on Sleep Quality and Stress Levels in Women With Breast Cancer

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Cyprus University of Technology

Status

Completed

Conditions

Sleep Disturbance
Anxiety

Treatments

Other: Sham massage
Other: Therapeutic massage

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03415230
AC-TMSQ-2018

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized control trial to test the effectiveness of therapeutic massage on the sleep quality and the stress levels in women that have completed their treatment for breast cancer.

Full description

The period following the completion of treatment for breast cancer (but also for any other type of cancer as well) is once that is accompanied by an increased uncertainty. This can often trigger increased anxiety levels and sleep disturbances. This trial tests the effectiveness of therapeutic massage as a non pharmaceutical intervention that can increase the management of stress and sleep disturbances during this period of time.

Enrollment

40 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18 to 60 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Women that completed their treatment
  • women experiencing insomnia
  • women experiencing anxiety
  • women that speak and understand Greek

Exclusion criteria

  • allergy to essential oils
  • use of anticoagulants
  • presence of edema
  • presence of Varicose veins

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

40 participants in 2 patient groups

Therapeutic massage
Experimental group
Description:
Women will undertake sessions of therapeutic massage
Treatment:
Other: Therapeutic massage
Sham massage
Sham Comparator group
Description:
Women will undertake sessions of sham massage
Treatment:
Other: Sham massage

Trial contacts and locations

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