Therapeutic Massage During Chemotherapy and/or Biotherapy Infusions: Patient Perceptions of Pain, Fatigue, Nausea, Anxiety, and Satisfaction

Robison, Jeanene (Gigi); Smith, C. Lavett

doi:10.1188/16.cjon.e34-e40

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“…The short-term anxiety reduction found in our study is also similar to extant research [18]. Mean pre-OM anxiety scores were relatively low, which were similar to other studies which measured anxiety on the same 0 to 10 point scale in samples of cancer outpatients (2.56 in those receiving chemotherapy and/or biotherapy [39] and 3.36 in those at a cancer resource center) [23]. The current research, however, studied the effect of OM on anxiety in a much larger, more diverse retrospective sample than extant studies.…”

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confidence: 90%

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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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Anxiety Improvement after Oncology Massage

Gentile¹,

Boselli²,

Flores³

et al. 2020

OBM ICM

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“…Prior studies have reported benefits of massage therapy in the pediatric inpatient cancer population, 1,10 in patients with solid tumors, 2–4 in postoperative cancer patients, 8 in the outpatient oncology clinical setting, 3,4,12 and in patients actively undergoing bone marrow transplant (BMT) treatment. 13 In contrast, this study focuses on studying the effects of massage therapy on all adult BMT inpatients irrespective of the timing of their BMT therapy.…”

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confidence: 99%

Massage for Symptom Management in Adult Inpatients With Hematologic Malignancies

Kuon

Wannier

Harrison

et al. 2019

Glob Adv Health Med

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Background Patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant often suffer from a predictable constellation of side effects related to therapy. Nonpharmacologic treatments for these side effects are attractive adjuncts to therapy due to a low side-effect profile. Objective To develop, implement, and evaluate a pilot program of massage therapy for symptom management in adult patients with hematologic malignancies admitted to the bone marrow transplant (BMT) service at a large academic medical center. Methods A single-arm feasibility study of massage therapy was conducted. Pre- and postintervention surveys were collected to assess the usefulness in management of 7 symptoms. Results Over an 11.5-month period, 109 patients received 142 massage treatments. one in five patients received more than one massage. We received surveys on 134 massage treatments. Patients reported significant reductions in anxiety, distress, fatigue, pain, and tension ( P < .01) and improved sleep as a result of massage therapy. Conclusion Based on this pilot, massage therapy is a feasible and safe intervention to administer during BMT hospitalizations. It proved useful in managing a constellation of 5 side effects including, anxiety, distress, fatigue, pain, and tension.

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“…A total review of 15 studies that related to nursing outcomes to alleviate physical discomfort for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy is shown in Table 1. Gilmour F, et al 8 Kruse M, et al 9 Ferreira EB, et al 10 Albusoul RM, et al 11 Hsu HT, et al 12 Jacobs JM, et al 13 Zalina Abu, et al 14 Robison JG, et al 15 Backman M, et al 16 Coelho A, et al 17 Park R, et al 18 Devi ES, et al 19 Mollaoğlu M, et al 20 Karagozoglu S, et al 21 Griffiths…”

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confidence: 99%

Nursing Outcomes of Patient’s Comfort during Neoplastic Chemotherapy: An Integrative Review

Phongnopakoon¹,

Kongvattananon²,

Somprasert³

2019

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Nursing Outcomes of Patient's Comfort during Neoplastic Chemotherapy: An Integrative Review C urrently, cancer patients require more aggressive and systemic treatments. However, chemotherapy often causes discomfort which affects patient's well-being during and after cancer treatment. 1 The nursing mission then focuses on patient's comfort and the interventions offered to relieve discomfort. The care is delivered after an assessment of patients' needs, implementations of care, and outcomes from such interventions. These nursing interventions include physical and psycho-spiritual contexts intended to alleviate the patient's discomfort observed from signs and symptoms. There is a great opportunity to address the patient's needs and to understand him/her, which increases the likelihood that patient will be safe during treatment. This is considered a relief effort. 2 Comfort is theoretically defined at this point as the state of being meeting the basic human need for ease, relief, and transcendence. 3 Nurse-led care and management have a significant impact on patient experience and outcomes. However, currently there are no definitive criteria in establishing what constitutes sufficient evidence of this beyond using the outcome. Previous reviews have used an overview of evidence-based intervention studies. 4 Evidence-base-nursing outcomes in the physical dimensions of cancer patients during chemotherapy were reviewed and used to develop a set of indicators that are suitable for performance measurement and to identify the need for quality improvement.

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Therapeutic Massage During Chemotherapy and/or Biotherapy Infusions: Patient Perceptions of Pain, Fatigue, Nausea, Anxiety, and Satisfaction

Abstract: Participants (N = 58) reported a statistically significant reduction in each of the following variables.

Cited by 15 publications

References 19 publications

Anxiety Improvement after Oncology Massage

Anxiety Improvement after Oncology Massage

Massage for Symptom Management in Adult Inpatients With Hematologic Malignancies

Nursing Outcomes of Patient’s Comfort during Neoplastic Chemotherapy: An Integrative Review

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