The attitudes toward massage (ATOM) scale: Reliability, validity, and associated findings

Moyer, Christopher A.; Rounds, James

doi:10.1016/j.jbmt.2008.01.002

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“…Listing et al showed the influence that manual therapy was applied by the same therapist in effects in mood disturbance supporting an important role of interpersonal interaction in massage effects (Listing et al 2009). The ATOM-MH scale showed the ability to modify mood changes, such as tension-anxiety, depression-dejection and anger-hostility, confirming the ability of this tool for detecting influences of attitude in massage effects (Moyer & Rounds 2009). We used ATOM scale to examine the influence of patients' attitude in the effect of massage in our sample of breast cancer survivors.…”

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confidence: 67%

“…The reliability of the ATOM subscales has shown an adequate reliability (a 0.70-0.80) (Moyer & Rounds 2009). Items concerned with attitudes towards massage, and consisted of a stem in the form of a sentence with five ordered category response options ranging from 'strongly disagree' to 'strongly agree' with a middle option of 'neutral'.…”

Section: Attitudes Towards Massage (Atom) Scalementioning

confidence: 99%

“…These results have been replicated in patients with chronic tension-type headache (Toro-Velasco et al 2009). Nevertheless, one gap in massage research is related to the lack of studies analysing the influence of patients' beliefs and attitudes towards massage (Moyer & Rounds 2009). Nevertheless, one gap in massage research is related to the lack of studies analysing the influence of patients' beliefs and attitudes towards massage (Moyer & Rounds 2009).…”

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Attitudes towards massage modify effects of manual therapy in breast cancer survivors: a randomised clinical trial with crossover design

Fernández-Lao

Cantarero‐Villanueva

Díaz‐Rodríguez

et al. 2011

European Journal of Cancer Care

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Our aims were to investigate the immediate effect of myofascial release on heart rate variability and mood state, and the influence of attitude towards massage in breast cancer survivors with cancer-related fatigue. Twenty breast cancer survivors reporting moderate to high cancer-related fatigue participated in this crossover study. All patients presented to the laboratory at the same time of the day on two occasions separated by a 2-week interval. At each session, they received either a massage intervention or control intervention. Holter electrocardiogram recordings and Profile of Mood States questionnaire (six domains: tension-anxiety, depression-dejection, anger-hostility, vigour, fatigue, confusion) were obtained before and immediately after each intervention. The attitude towards massage scale was collected before the first session in all breast cancer survivors. The results showed a significant session × time interaction for standard deviation of the normal-to-normal interval (SDNN) (F= 5.063, P= 0.039), square root of mean squared differences of successive normal-to-normal intervals (RMSSD) (F= 8.273, P= 0.010), high-frequency component (HF) (F= 7.571, P= 0.013), but not for index heart rate variability (F= 3.451, P= 0.080), low-frequency component (LF) (F= 0.014, P= 0.997) and ratio LF/HF (F= 3.680, P= 0.072): significant increases in SDNN, RMSSD and HF domain (P < 0.05) were observed after the manual therapy intervention, with no changes after placebo (P > 0.6). No influence of the attitude scale on heart rate variability results was found. A significant session × time interaction was also found for fatigue (F= 5.101, P= 0.036) and disturbance of mood (F= 6.690, P= 0.018) scales of the Profile of Mood States: patients showed a significant decrease in fatigue and disturbance of mood (P < 0.001) after manual therapy, with no changes after placebo (P > 0.50). A significant influence of the attitude scale was observed in tension-anxiety, depression-dejection and anger-hostility scales. This controlled trial suggests that massage leads to an immediate increase of heart rate variability and an improvement in mood in breast cancer survivors with cancer-related fatigue. Further, the positive impact of massage on cancer-related fatigue is modulated by the attitude of the patient towards massage.

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Attitudes towards massage modify effects of manual therapy in breast cancer survivors: a randomised clinical trial with crossover design

Fernández-Lao

Cantarero‐Villanueva

Díaz‐Rodríguez

et al. 2011

European Journal of Cancer Care

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“…Responses included: strongly disagree ; moderately disagree ; a little disagree ; neither agree nor disagree ; a little agree ; moderately agree ; strongly agree (used by [33,34] and more recently by Younger et al [15]. To test this set of responses, we adapted four items from Mao’s validated “Acupuncture Expectancy Scale” expectations of acupuncture [35,36] (Mao) a : 1) “my pain will improve a lot”; 2) “I will be better able to cope with my pain”; 3) “my pain will go away”; and 4) “my energy level will improve”.…”

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Cognitive interviews guide design of a new CAM patient expectations questionnaire

Sherman

Eaves

Ritenbaugh

et al. 2014

BMC Complement Altern Med

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BackgroundNo consistent relationship exists between pre-treatment expectations and therapeutic benefit from various complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies in clinical trials. However, many different expectancy measures have been used in those studies, with no validated questionnaires clearly focused on CAM and pain. We undertook cognitive interviews as part of a process to develop and validate such a questionnaire.MethodsWe reviewed questions about expectations of benefits of acupuncture, chiropractic, massage, or yoga for pain. Components of the questions – verbs, nouns, response options, terms and phrases describing back pain – were identified. Using seven different cognitive interview scripts, we conducted 39 interviews to evaluate how individuals with chronic low back pain understood these individual components in the context of expectancy questions for a therapy they had not yet received. Chosen items were those with the greatest agreement and least confusion among participants, and were closest to the meanings intended by the investigators.ResultsThe questionnaire drafted for psychometric evaluation had 18 items covering various domains of expectancy. “Back pain” was the most consistently interpreted descriptor for this condition. The most understandable response options were 0-10 scales, a structure used throughout the questionnaire, with 0 always indicating no change, and 10 anchored with an absolute descriptor such as “complete relief”. The use of words to describe midpoints was found to be confusing. The word “expect” held different and shifting meanings for participants. Thus paired items comparing “hope” and “realistically expect” were chosen to evaluate 5 different aspects of treatment expectations (back pain; back dysfunction and global effects; impact of back pain on specific areas of life; sleep, mood, and energy; coping). “Impact of back pain” on various areas of life was found to be a consistently meaningful concept, and more global than “interference”.ConclusionsCognitive interviews identified wordings with considerable agreement among both participants and investigators. Some items widely used in clinical studies had different meanings to participants than investigators, or were confusing to participants. The final 18-item questionnaire is undergoing psychometric evaluation with goals of streamlining as well as identifying best items for use when questionnaire length is constrained.

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“…There are also some questionnaires assessing attitudes and beliefs toward CAM treatments [e.g. [43,44,45]]. However, most of these scales aim at assessing more general notions of the treatment similar to the scale ‘treatment appraisal' of the present questionnaire.…”

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The Treatment Experience Questionnaire: Development and Validation of a Questionnaire Assessing the Individual's Emotional, Perceptual, and Cognitive Reactions to Alternative, Physical, and Dental Treatments

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Background: The aim of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire designed to assess the patient's affective, cognitive, and perceptual state during treatment administration. Methods: 362 individuals (214 females, 148 males, mean age 54.6 years) with predominantly musculoskeletal or dental problems participated in the study. Patients responded to the questionnaire immediately following a treatment. The questionnaire included items of 9 proposed scales devised to assess mood, psychological tension, sleepiness, mental absorption, treatment appraisal, perceived cooperation during treatment administration, perceived somatosensory intensity of treatment as well as negative and positive bodily sensations during treatment. Treatments were administered in 2 spa centers, a clinic for physical medicine and rehabilitation and a clinic for dentistry. Treatments investigated were among others dental treatment, massage, packs, baths, relaxation training, exercise, and acupuncture. Results: The proposed scales were confirmed. Scales had adequate to good reliability and validity. All scales significantly distinguished between treatments. Conclusion: The devised questionnaire has adequate properties to assess patients' experiences during treatment administration.

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The attitudes toward massage (ATOM) scale: Reliability, validity, and associated findings

Cited by 21 publications

References 16 publications

Attitudes towards massage modify effects of manual therapy in breast cancer survivors: a randomised clinical trial with crossover design

Attitudes towards massage modify effects of manual therapy in breast cancer survivors: a randomised clinical trial with crossover design

Cognitive interviews guide design of a new CAM patient expectations questionnaire

The Treatment Experience Questionnaire: Development and Validation of a Questionnaire Assessing the Individual's Emotional, Perceptual, and Cognitive Reactions to Alternative, Physical, and Dental Treatments

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