Patient Anxiety During Radiological Examination

Midwestern Regional Medical Center

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Anxiety

Treatments: Procedure: Hand Massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02496533

MRMC14-14

Details and patient eligibility

About

This clinical trial design evaluates whether hand massage reduces anxiety levels in cancer patients as they undergo radiological examination to evaluate tumor response. Anxiety levels will be investigated before massage, after massage, and following the completion of the radiological exam. The Visual Analog Scale (VAS), a validated anxiety assessment tool, will be used to measure anxiety.

Enrollment: 217 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Signed informed consent
• Age ≥ 18 years
• Scheduled to undergo radiologic imaging evaluation of a tumor

Exclusion criteria

• Known hand injury within 30 days prior to study participation
• Known pregnancy
• Mental disability as determined by the treating physician
• Actively receiving radiation therapy
• Actively receiving chemotherapy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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217 participants in 2 patient groups

No Massage

No Intervention group

Description:

Subjects in this arm will complete rate their anxiety by visual analog scale (VAS). Blood pressure, pulse and respiration will be recorded before and after imaging. The anxiety VAS will be repeated after the imaging procedure. Subjects in this arm will not receive the hand massage prior to the imaging procedure.

Hand Massage

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects in this arm will complete rate their anxiety by visual analog scale (VAS). Blood pressure, pulse and respiration will be recorded before massage, after massage but before imaging, and after imaging.The subjects will receive hand massage prior to the imaging procedure. The anxiety VAS will be repeated after the imaging procedure.

Treatment:

Procedure: Hand Massage