NCT03415230

Effect of Therapeutic Massage on Sleep Quality and Stress Levels in Women With Breast Cancer

Effect of Therapeutic Massage on Sleep Quality and Stress Levels in Women With Breast Cancer: A Randomized Control Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cyprus University of Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a randomized control trial to test the effectiveness of therapeutic massage on the sleep quality and the stress levels in women that have completed their treatment for breast cancer.

Detailed description

The period following the completion of treatment for breast cancer (but also for any other type of cancer as well) is once that is accompanied by an increased uncertainty. This can often trigger increased anxiety levels and sleep disturbances. This trial tests the effectiveness of therapeutic massage as a non pharmaceutical intervention that can increase the management of stress and sleep disturbances during this period of time.

Conditions

• Sleep Disturbance
• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Therapeutic massage	Massage therapy involves the administration of combinations of specific physical manipulations applied in a systematic way, with varying intensity, direction, rate, and rhythm, to the soft tissues of the body.
OTHER	Sham massage	Sham massage involves only light touch massage in a non systematic way

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-04-01
• Primary completion: 2018-12-20
• Completion: 2019-01-09
• First posted: 2018-01-30
• Last updated: 2019-01-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Cyprus