NCT06612749

Assessing the Impact of Integrative Medicine on Anxiety and Wellbeing of Healthcare Providers Exposed to Terror or War

Assessing the Impact of Integrative Medicine on Anxiety and Wellbeing of Healthcare Providers Exposed Directly or Indirectly to Terror, Trauma or War

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 600 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Carmel Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study assesses integrative medicine intervention effects on healthcare providers' quality-of-life during wartime.

Detailed description

The study is prospective, non-randomized and non-controlled, and taking place at the Carmel Medical Center in Haifa, northern Israel, from October 2023. The study was launched in proximity with the outbreak of the October 2023 war in the Middle East. As this timing was and is still regarded in Israel as an emergency life-threatening situation and considering the research limitation to healthcare providers only, the Carmel Medical Center Institutional Review Board has exempted the study from requiring written consent from participants, after reviewing the study protocol. However, Participation in the study was voluntary, and no incentive, financial or other was offered. The hospital administration and department refer healthcare providers (HCPs) to integrative medicine intervention those if reporting emotional, physical, or other QoL concerns directly or indirectly related to the current conflict in Israel. The IM intervention entails a 30-minute treatment session, with an additional 10 minutes allocated for both pre- and post- treatment assessment. IM treatments are individually tailored to the HCP's QoL-related concerns, taking into consideration their willingness to undergo the recommended modalities. In all cases, a multi-modal IM program is recommended, which includes at least one of the following: acupuncture; manual-movement therapies (e.g., acupressure, Anthroposophic medicine touch therapies, reflexology, Qi Gong, and Feldenkrais method); and mind-body medicine (e.g., relaxation and breathing techniques). During these treatments participants are asked to lay on a treatment bed, with relaxed non-paced breathing throughout the session. The IM treatments are provided by IM-trained therapists who work in an integrative oncology setting.

Conditions

• Quality of Life

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Integrative medicine including manual and/or mind-body treatments	Referred HCPs are recommended a multi-modal IM program, include at least one of the following: acupuncture; manual-movement therapies (e.g., acupressure, Anthroposophic medicine touch therapies, reflexology, Qi Gong, and Feldenkrais method); and mind-body medicine (e.g., relaxation and breathing techniques).

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-23
• Primary completion: 2025-03-31
• Completion: 2025-09-01
• First posted: 2024-09-25
• Last updated: 2024-09-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel