Is Reflexology as Effective as Aromatherapy Massage for Symptom Relief in an Outpatient Oncology Population?
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- To determine whether reflexology is as effective as aromatherapy massage for
alleviation of self-selected symptoms in patients with cancer in an outpatient setting.
Secondary
- To determine the difference between the two therapies with respect to Visual Analogue
Scale (VAS) relaxation scores before and after each treatment.
OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to gender (male vs female), treatment
(chemotherapy vs other) and their first concern choice (pain vs other). Patients are
randomized to 1 of 2 intervention arms.
- Arm I (Reflexology): Patients undergo 45-60 minutes of reflexology for 4 sessions.
- Arm II (Aromatherapy massage): Patients undergo 45-60 minutes of of aromatherapy
massage for 4 sessions.
Patients complete questionnaires (Measure Yourself Concerns and Well-being [MYCAW]
questionnaire and Visual Analogue Scale [VAS]) at baseline, before and after each session,
and after completion of all four sessions.
Interventional
Allocation: Randomized, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Difference of 1 point of concern scores in Measure Yourself Concerns and Well-being (MYCAW) questionnaire from baseline to second evaluation (after completion of all four sessions of therapy)
No
Clare Shaw, MD
Principal Investigator
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Unspecified
CDR0000686459
NCT01217424
October 2010
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