Measuring the Effect of Chair Massage on Stress Related Symptoms for Nurses

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Conditions studied: Stress, Fatigue, Anxiety, Tension

In brief

The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility and effect of chair massage provided during working hours for nurses in an inpatient psychiatric and an outpatient pain rehabilitation unit and on the nurses stress related symptoms.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01504763

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

40

Starts

2010-10-01

Expected to finish

2010-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-02-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Men and women age 18-65 able to give informed consent
• Able to speak and understand English
• Minimum of 8-hour per day shift schedule with .75 - 1.0 FTE.
• Need to be able to schedule one massage per week in the available massage schedule time slots.

You may not qualify if…

• Individuals being treated for acute musculoskeletal symptoms
• Individuals currently on work restrictions
• Undergoing treatments for a malignancy
• Pregnancy (due to this being chair massage)
• Recent head, neck, shoulder or back surgeries
• Pins or joint fusion of the head or neck
• Current sinus infections, earaches, or vascular migraines
• Nursing staff that float on to the unit

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic — Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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