Pilot study of the impact of massage therapy on sources and levels of distress in brain tumour patients

Keir, Stephen T.; Saling, Julia R.

doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000224

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“…Our findings bolster previous research which suggests massage is helpful for cancer patients' anxiety and distress [18][19][20][21][22][23]. It also extends the body of knowledge of studies that compare pre-to post-massage anxiety scores [19,20,22,23].…”

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confidence: 81%

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Anxiety Improvement after Oncology Massage

Gentile¹,

Boselli²,

Flores³

et al. 2020

OBM ICM

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Literature suggests Oncology Massage (OM) reduces anxiety. However, research is limited in large, diverse, nonexperimentally manipulated outpatient samples of cancer patients. The purpose of this study was to 1) describe OM visit patterns, 2) describe anxiety response to OM, and 3) determine if OM resulted in significantly reduced anxiety at first visit, across all visits, and longitudinally over time controlling for demographic factors. From January 2015-June 2019, a cohesive, consecutive, retrospective sample evaluated their anxiety before and

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confidence: 81%

“…Patient-reported distress and emotional discomfort measures have also significantly improved after OM [21,22]. Additionally, those who receive OM have significant and lasting improvements in quality of life measures following therapy [21,23,24].…”

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confidence: 97%

Anxiety Improvement after Oncology Massage

Gentile¹,

Boselli²,

Flores³

et al. 2020

OBM ICM

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“…Massage is one of the oldest forms of healthcare and has been reported to have beneficial effects on various physical and psychological conditions (Field, 2016 ; Moraska, Pollini, Boulanger, Brooks, & Teitlebaum, 2010 ), commonly used for cancer, palliative care and pain management (Alves, Gonçalves Jardim, & Pereira Gomes, 2017 ; Boitor, Gélinas, Richard-Lalonde, & Thombs, 2017 ; Crawford et al, 2016 ). Reported mental benefits of massage include improvements in distress level (Keir & Saling, 2012 ), decreased depression (Alves et al, 2017 ; Field, 2014 ), stress reduction (Turkeltaub, Yearwood, & Friedmann, 2014 ), anxiety reduction (Alves et al, 2017 ;Brand, Munroe, & Gavin, 2013 ), and the promotion of wellbeing (Alves et al, 2017 ; McFeeters, Pront, Cuthbertson, & King, 2016 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Effects of couples positive massage programme on wellbeing, perceived stress and coping, and relation satisfaction

Naruse

Moss

2019

Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine

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Objectives: Although supporting preventative self-regulation and self-care activity for daily stress is important as dyadic coping, there seems a paucity of exploration of non-verbal interventions such as tactile communication. This preliminary experimental study assessed the efficacy of a short educational massage programme for healthy but stressed couples. The study aimed to investigate if the educational mutual massage (Positive Massage) programme has any acute and sustained effects on wellbeing, perceived stress and coping, and relationship satisfaction among couples. Design: A pseudo randomised two group design employing a delayed treatment element assessed the effects of the Positive Massage programme and subsequent at-home application. Thirtyeight participants completed a three-week massage course. Main Outcome Measures: Measurements of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale, the Rhode Island Stress and Coping Inventory, and the Positive Feelings Questionnaire were collected online using Qualtrics at three time points (the start, the end, and three weeks after the course). Data were analysed with mixed ANOVAs. Results: Mental wellbeing, and perceived stress and coping significantly improved from before to after the Positive Massage programme. There was no significant decline after the cessation of the massage programme. Relationship satisfaction did not show significant changes from the initial assessment. Conclusions: The overall effects of the Positive Massage programme indicate the importance of developing further large scale studies of mutual massage as a safe and beneficial self-care activity. This innovative study has laid the groundwork for future studies into the possibility of mutual massage as a self-regulation dyadic coping strategy for home use to improve overall wellbeing.

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“…Other studies indicated that TM reduced physiological stress, pain and psychological distress and improved mood [14,17]. The positive effects of TM start immediately and are maintained for 48 hours following treatment [18].…”

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Therapeutic Massage for Management of Cancer Related Symptoms: The Role of Oncology Nurses

Somani¹

2014

J Yoga Phys Ther

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Pilot study of the impact of massage therapy on sources and levels of distress in brain tumour patients

Abstract: This study further documents that brain tumour patients report high levels of distress across the disease course. However, participants in this study reported improvements in distress level and total number of sources of distress while receiving massage therapy.

Cited by 10 publications

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Anxiety Improvement after Oncology Massage

Anxiety Improvement after Oncology Massage

Effects of couples positive massage programme on wellbeing, perceived stress and coping, and relation satisfaction

Therapeutic Massage for Management of Cancer Related Symptoms: The Role of Oncology Nurses

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