MASSAGE THERAPY FOR BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT PATIENTS

描述（改编自申请人的摘要）：本申请的目的是 可行性研究的目的是（a）证明开展 自体骨按摩治疗的随机对照试验 骨髓移植（ABMT）群体，和（B）比较结果，如 通过患者之间的情境和一般情绪量表测量 谁参加了按摩治疗和那些谁没有。三十 计划接受ABMT的患者将被随机分配接受 （a）按摩疗法（MT），包括三个20分钟的疗程 每周进行肩、颈、头和面部按摩，持续三周。 在住院期间，（B）标准治疗（ST）。 两组 将继续接受标准的医疗护理 结果的重复测量将包括以下直接影响： 使用Spielberger状态-特质焦虑量表和指数进行按摩 心理生理唤醒的数据， 第一次第五次和第九次按摩 平行测量 将收集对照品。 按摩疗法的全球影响将是 使用状态-特质量表、贝克抑郁量表和 情绪状态简介 虽然可行性研究将没有足够的统计效力 为了验证实验假设，研究人员希望数据 表现出反映焦虑减少的趋势， 心理生理唤醒指数和较少报告的焦虑，抑郁 ABMT患者的一般消极情绪状态 按摩疗法 研究人员计划将这项研究作为全面试验的试点 涉及更大的样本量，额外的结果测量，以及第三个 实验组，控制治疗师的注意力和病人 预期

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from Applicant's Abstract): The purposes of this feasibility study are to (a) demonstrate the feasibility of conducting a randomized, controlled trial of massage therapy in an autologous bone marrow transplant (ABMT) population, and (b) compare outcome, as measured by situational and general mood inventories, between patients who have participated in massage therapy and those who have not.Thirty patients scheduled to undergo ABMT will be randomly assigned to receive either (a) massage therapy (MT), consisting of three 20-minute sessions of shoulder, neck, head and facial massage per week for three weeks during the hospital stay, of (b) standard treatment (ST). Both groups will continue to receive standard medical care. Repeated measures of outcome will include the immediate effects of massage using the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and indices of psychophysiological arousal collected prior to and following the first, fifth and ninth massage sessions. Parallel measurements of controls will be collected. Global effects of massage therapy will be assessed using the State-Trait Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, and the Brief Profile of Mood States. Although the feasibility study will not have sufficient statistical power to test experimental hypotheses, the investigators expect the data to demonstrate trends reflecting a decrease in anxiety and psychophysiological arousal indices and less reported anxiety, depression and general negative mood state for those ABMT patients engaging in massage therapy. The investigators plan to use the study as a pilot for a full-scale trial involving a larger sample size, additional outcome measures, and a third experimental group that controls for therapist attention and patient expectations.