Integrative Care and Acupuncture in MOHS Surgery

Israel Healthcare Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Quality of Life

Treatments: Other: Integrative medicine care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03569982

CMC-18-0024-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

MOHS method is an effective surgical technique to remove skin cancerous tumors in the head-neck area. Patients undergoing MOHS surgery are struggled with emotional stress during the day of surgery, due to fear of significant damage to the body's image and anxiety about the need for repeated surgeries. In this study we will examine the effect of integrative medicine (including acupuncture, touch/manual, and breathing/relaxation modalities) on the reduction of anxiety and pain in patients undergoing MOHS surgery.

Full description

MOHS method is an effective surgical technique to remove skin cancerous tumors in the head-neck area, with immediate microscopic examination in a frozen slice of the full margin. Patients undergoing MOHS surgery are struggled with emotional stress during the day of surgery, due to fear of significant damage to the body's appearance and image and anxiety about the need for repeated surgeries performed on the same day to remove the tumor. In this study we will examine the effect of integrative medicine (including acupuncture, touch/manual, and breathing/relaxation modalities) on the reduction of anxiety and pain in patients undergoing MOHS surgery. The study was designed on the basis of interdisciplinary collaboration of researchers from plastic, integrative and gynecological medicine.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients referred to MOHS surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• Hypertension treated with alpha and beta-blockers
• Chronic atrial fibrillation
• insulin dependent diabetes type 1
• Thyroid disease (hyperthyroidism)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients receiving best supportive care

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Patients receiving integrative care (including acupuncture) in addition to best supportive care

Treatment:

Other: Integrative medicine care