Massage Therapy for HIV-positive People : Effects on Anxiety, Depression, Hyperventilation and Quality of Life

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Completed

Conditions: HIV-positive Diagnosis

Treatments: Other: massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02535429

HIV massage

Details and patient eligibility

About

Massage therapy during 1 month and evaluation of depression, hyperventilation, anxiety and quality of life

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• HIV-positive diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

• musculoskeletal disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

massage

Experimental group

Description:

massage

Treatment:

Other: massage

Control

No Intervention group