Evaluation of the Efficiency of Touch Massage on the Quality of Life at Work of Nursing Staff Working in a Cancer Center. (Pause "Toucher Massage (TM)") (PauseTM)

Institut Cancerologie de l'Ouest

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Cancer Center; Paramedical Professionals; Touch Massage; Quality of Life at Work

Treatments: Other: Touch Massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06928987

ICO-2023-22

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to scientifically confirming the common perception that Touch-Massage (TM) breaks have a beneficial effect on the daily life of paramedics, both psychologically and physically.

The main question[s] it aims to answer [is/are]:

• Evaluating the efficacy of TM on burnout
• Evaluating the efficacy of TM on anxiety
• Evaluating the efficacy of TM on affect
• Evaluating the efficacy of TM on musculoskeletal disorders Researchers will compare 2 groups : Control group of paramedics who do not have the benefit of TM breaks and an experimental group of paramedics taking TM break.

Participants in the experimental group received one 15-minute TM session per week for 6 weeks and burnout, anxiety, affect, and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) will be assessed in participants using questionnaires at different times of the study. Participants in the control group complete only the same questionnaires at the same times as the experimental group.

Participants in the 2 arms are reviewed at 3 and 6 months to complete the questionnaires.

Enrollment: 88 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Nurses or nursing assistant working in the Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest's (ICO) medical oncology, surgical oncology, day clinic or early phase unit.
• Employees who have worked at the ICO for at least 9 months.

Exclusion criteria

• Employees who have had more than one touch/massage session at the ICO in the last 6 months.
• Pregnant for more than 4 months (declarative)
• Employees who have undergone osteo-articular surgery within the last 3 months.
• Employees with a pre-inclusion MBI score indicating high burnout (emotional exhaustion score >30 and depersonalisation score >12 and personal accomplishment score <33).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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88 participants in 2 patient groups

Touch massage

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive 6 Touch Massage sessions, given once a week for 6 weeks by one of the Touch Massage practitioners

Treatment:

Other: Touch Massage

Without Touch massage

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will not receive any Touch Massage sessions for the duration of the study.