NCT04018508

Massage Therapy for Self-efficacy in LVAD Recipients

Pilot Study of Massage Therapy to Improve Self-efficacy in Patients With Left-ventricular Device

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 5 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medstar Health Research Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This pilot study evaluates the role of massage therapy to improve self-efficacy in patients with advanced heart failure who have recently received a left-ventricular assist device. In addition to usual care, half of the volunteer patients will receive a massage at regular clinic visits and half will not receive any massage.

Detailed description

Patients with advanced heart failure who undergo left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation may experience notable physical and/or emotional distress associated with this lifestyle-changing procedure. Furthermore, these patients are faced with the task of coping with the trauma of surgery, creating new self-care routines, and learning to live with a lifesaving mechanical device that must always be connected to a power source.The immediate weeks and months after LVAD implantation are a critical period to lower physical and emotional distress and to influence patient coping and adaptation. In small studies, massage therapy has been increasingly used to improve patient self-efficacy and coping. In this pilot study, we investigate whether regularly scheduled massages delivered in the clinic setting improve self-efficacy and coping in this select patient population.

Conditions

• Heart Failure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Massage	Massage intervention including effleurage, petrissage and energy work/Reiki at a pressure of 2 or less (Walton Pressure Scale)

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-01
• Primary completion: 2022-03-15
• Completion: 2022-03-15
• First posted: 2019-07-12
• Last updated: 2022-06-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States