Clinical trial NCT06928987: Evaluation of the Efficiency of Touch Massage on the Quality of Life at Work of Nursing Staff Working in a Cancer Center. (Pause "Toucher Massage (TM)")
Official title: Evaluation of the Efficiency of Touch Massage on the Quality of Life at Work of Nursing Staff Working in a Cancer Center
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Quality of Life at Work
Paramedical Professionals
Touch Massage
Cancer Center
Keywords: burnout
stress
anxiety
affect
musculoskeletal disorders
well-being
Lead sponsor: Institut Cancerologie de l'Ouest
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-04-15
Enrollment: 88
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to scientifically confirming the common perception that Touch-Massage (TM) breaks have a beneficial effect on the daily life of paramedics, both psychologically and physically.

The main question\[s\] it aims to answer \[is/are\]:

* Evaluating the efficacy of TM on burnout
* Evaluating the efficacy of TM on anxiety
* Evaluating the efficacy of TM on affect
* Evaluating the efficacy of TM on musculoskeletal disorders Researchers will compare 2 groups : Control group of paramedics who do not have the benefit of TM breaks and an experimental group of paramedics taking TM break.

Participants in the experimental group received one 15-minute TM session per week for 6 weeks and burnout, anxiety, affect, and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) will be assessed in participants using questionnaires at different times of the study. Participants in the control group complete only the same questionnaires at the same times as the experimental group.

Participants in the 2 arms are reviewed at 3 and 6 months to complete the questionnaires.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Nurses or nursing assistant working in the Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest's (ICO) medical oncology, surgical oncology, day clinic or early phase unit.
* Employees who have worked at the ICO for at least 9 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Employees who have had more than one touch/massage session at the ICO in the last 6 months.
* Pregnant for more than 4 months (declarative)
* Employees who have undergone osteo-articular surgery within the last 3 months.
* Employees with a pre-inclusion MBI score indicating high burnout (emotional exhaustion score \>30 and depersonalisation score \>12 and personal accomplishment score \<33).

Primary outcomes:
measure: Burn out
timeFrame: At enrolment and at the end of the 6th session of touch massage (1 session per week for 6 weeks)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Anxiety
timeFrame: At enrolment, at the end of the 6th session of touch massage (1 session per week for 6 weeks) and 6 months after randomisation
measure: Affect
timeFrame: At enrolment, at the end of the 6th session of touch massage (1 session per week for 6 weeks), at 3 and 6 months after randomisation
measure: Musculoskeletal disorders
timeFrame: At enrolment, at the end of the 6th session of touch massage (1 session per week for 6 weeks), at 3 and 6 months after randomisation
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Saint HERBLAIN
country: France
facility: Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest
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