Can Massage During One Year Improve Health in Health-care Providers Working in Hospital

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The overall aim of this pilot study is to investigate the effect, feasibility and experiences of regular massage over 12 months on the mental and physical health of healthcare professionals, as well as the frequency of layoffs, sick leave and reported patient safety risk cases, as well as health economics

Detailed Description
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A pilot and feasibility study with pre-post design. 50 health care professionals from the Medical Clinic, Vrinnevi Hospital in Norrköping are included. The participants perform 10 30 minute sessions of classic Swedish massage during 12 months by a certified masseur. Mental and physical health data is collected using questionnaires, blood and body weight. Data on layoffs, sick leave and patient safety risks are taken from the hospital's data register. Data regarding the participants' experience of receiving massages is collected during interviews.

Official Title
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Can Massage During One Year Improve Health in Health-care Providers Working in Hospital

Conditions
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Massage Therapy, Health-care Workers, Quality of Life, Psychological Distress

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Massage


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Working at least for 50 % of fulltime Main task working with patient care in the hospital ward Exclusion Criteria: -
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Interventional Model Description: 50 health care professionals will receive massage monthly during 12 months. Massage will not be given during summer holiday. Thus, 30 minutes of massage will be given 10 times.
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Massage<br>30 minutes of classical swedish massage given by a certified masseur 10 times monthly during 12 months | Other: Massage<br>* 10 times of 30 minutes Swedish classical Massage will be given monthly during one year. The massage will be give by a cerified masseur<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Symptoms of stress | Percieved Stress Scale-10 | change in Percieved Stress Scale-10 mean score from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). Score can range from 0 to 40. A higher score means more stress | 
| Symptoms of depression | Patient Health Questionnaire-9 | change in Patient Health Questionnaire-9 mean score from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). Score can range from 0 to 27. A higher score means more depressive symptoms | 
| Sleeping problems | Insomnia Severity Index | change in Insomnia Severity Index mean score from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). Score can range from 0 to 28. A higher score means more sleeping problmes | 
| Symptoms of anxiety | General Anxiety Disorder-7 | change in General Anxiety Disiorder mean score from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). Score can range from 0 to 21. A higher score means more anxiety | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Staff turnover | Sick leave days | the number of sick leave days during the 12 months internvetion period will be compared to the numbers of sicke leave days the previous year. Data will be collected from the hospitals datajournal system | 
| Health Related Quality of life | The RAND-36 | change in the eight health concept scores and the two summary component scores of the RAND-36 from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). Scores range from 0 to 100. A higher score means a better health related quality of life | 
| Global Quality of life | Visual Analog Scale from EQ-5D | change in Visual Analog Scale from EQ-5D score from baseline (start of massage) to 12 months (end of massage). The scale ranges from 0 to 100. A higher score means a better quality of life |