The Effect of Hand Massage Application

Mersin University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chemotherapy Effect

Treatments: Other: hand massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07114328

2022-831 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of hand massage applied before needle insertion into the port catheter on anxiety and vital signs in cancer patients with port catheters.

Full description

This study was conducted as a randomized controlled trial. A total of 80 patients were randomly assigned to the hand massage (n=40) and control (n=40) groups. Data were collected using the "Individual Introduction Form," "Vital Signs Monitoring Form," and "State Anxiety Inventory." The hand massage group received hand massage before port catheter needle insertion. The control group received standard care without any additional interventions.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals who agreed to participate in the study
• Received treatment in the Outpatient Chemotherapy Unit

Exclusion criteria

• Who had a wound, deformity, or lesion on the hand
• Who had inflammation, or a lesion, or similar, at the implantable venous port catheter site

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

hand massage

Experimental group

Description:

The hand massage was applied to both hands for 5-6 minutes, for a total of 10-12 minutes

Treatment:

Other: hand massage

control

No Intervention group

Description:

no intervention