Chair massage for patients and carers: a pilot service in an outpatient setting of a cancer care hospital
Mackereth, Peter, Campbell, Gwynneth, Maycock, Paula, Hennings, Jean and Breckons, Matthew (2008) Chair massage for patients and carers: a pilot service in an outpatient setting of a cancer care hospital. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 14, (2), 136-142. (doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2007.11.003). (PMID:18396258).
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Description/Abstract
Purpose: To gather patient and carer evaluations of a 20 min chair massage treatment provided one afternoon a week in an outpatient waiting area.
Method: Information gathered over a year included documented evaluation of chair massage, pre- and post-treatment well-being scores (visual analogue scale).
Results: Both patients (n=224) and carers (n=185) positively evaluated the treatment. Key benefits reported included: relaxation, comfort, time out/treat, distraction, and relief of anxiety. There were significant changes in self-reported well-being score (p=<0.001), but no significant changes between scores for males and females. The changes in well-being scores on occasions (n=3) did not match the positive feedback.
Conclusions: The findings suggest that the service was appreciated by patients and carers. The project was continued for a further year with internal funding. Further research is warranted to ascertain the added and longer-term value of this intervention.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 1744-3881 (print) 1873-6947 (electronic) |
| Keywords: | outpatients, carers, chair massage, evaluation |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology R Medicine > RT Nursing |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Item ID: | 203525 |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2011 11:37 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2011 16:13 |
| Contributors: | Mackereth, Peter (Author) Campbell, Gwynneth (Author) Maycock, Paula (Author) Hennings, Jean (Author) Breckons, Matthew (Author) |
| Date: | May 2008 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/203525 |
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