Evaluation of Touch Massage on Anxiety in Critically Ill Patients

Evaluation of Touch Massage on Anxiety in Critically Ill Patients : a Randomised Controlled Trial Study (REaLAX)

NCT03030482•Versailles Hospital

Summary

Anxiety is a common problem encountered in a about 43 % of critically ill patients. Its occurrence can be related to several causes, mainly dominated by invasive procedures. anxiety management is typically based on a combination of prevention, evaluation, and therapeutic agents. However, it appears important to develop adjuvant approaches. Touch massage is one of them and that has been evaluated in various medical conditions. The aim of our study is to evaluate the anxiolytic effect of touch massage in critically ill patients during potentially painful nursing procedures.

Eligibility

Age

18 - No limit years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion Criteria

•All adult patients (age≥18 years) hospitalized in Intensive Care Unit \> 24 h
•Requiring mechanical ventilation or not
•Securité Sociale affiliated
•Patient with accessible zone for touch massage (head-face, arms-hands, feet, legs and back)
•No significant event (invasive procedure, diagnostic ad, CAT,MRI) before enrollment

Exclusion Criteria

•Pregnant
•Legal guardianship
•Neurological failure : stroke ischemic or hemorrhagic, meningitis, status epilepticus,polytrauma( including head trauma),meningo encephalitis, meningism,
•Patient with upper limbs neuromuscular disorders
•Cutaneous lesion (zone of touch massage)
•Temperature ≥ 38,5°C
•A positive score of CAM ICU scale
•Patient refuse to participate

Locations (1)

Versailles Hospital

Le Chesnay, Yvelines, France

Key Dates

Start Date

April 20, 2017

Primary Completion Date

April 30, 2020

Completion Date

April 30, 2020

Last Updated

February 12, 2021

Enrollment

ACTUAL participants

Conditions

Anxiety

Interventions

touch massage

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