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NCT00253708 · OUTCOME

Pain

Massage Therapy in Treating the Symptoms of Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Cancer · Source last updated 2017-08-07

Results reported by the registry submitting party. Population, time horizon, units and missing values must be read together.

Measure
MEDIAN
Unit
units on a scale
Interval / dispersion
Inter-Quartile Range
Time frame
From baseline to 1 week and from baseline to one month

What was measured

0=no pain to 10=most severe pain

Groups in this outcome

Massage

Patients received 3 massage therapy visits from massage therapists in initial week with a duration of 15-45 minutes.NOTE: Intervention 'management of therapy complications' has not been included in any Arm/Group Descriptions. Patients were intended to receive pain therapy, psychosocial assessment and care, and quality-of-life assessment management of therapy complications massage therapy pain therapy psychosocial assessment and care quality-of-life assessment

No-touch Control

Patients received 3 no-touch therapy visits from massage therapists who provided no-touch without healing intention.Patients were intended to receive pain therapy, psychosocial assessment and care, and quality-of-life assessment management of therapy complications massage therapy pain therapy psychosocial assessment and care quality-of-life assessment

Usual Care

Patients did not receive visits from massage therapists. Patients were intended to receive pain therapy, psychosocial assessment and care, and quality-of-life assessment

Group identifiers and denominators belong to this outcome only. They may differ in another outcome or in safety reporting.

Analysis denominator · Participants

GroupSource count
Massage20
No-touch Control10
Usual Care9

Reported measurements

1 week
Values in units on a scale · Interval/dispersion: Inter-Quartile Range
GroupValueSpreadLowerUpperComment
Massage0Not reported-21Not reported
No-touch Control0Not reported-12Not reported
Usual Care0Not reported-32Not reported
1 month
Values in units on a scale · Interval/dispersion: Inter-Quartile Range
GroupValueSpreadLowerUpperComment
Massage0Not reported-10Not reported
No-touch Control0Not reported-1.50Not reported
Usual Care-2Not reported-2-1Not reported
Complete source fields
classes
  1. categories
    1. measurements
      1. group Id
        OG000
        lower Limit
        -2
        upper Limit
        1
        value
        0
      2. group Id
        OG001
        lower Limit
        -1
        upper Limit
        2
        value
        0
      3. group Id
        OG002
        lower Limit
        -3
        upper Limit
        2
        value
        0
    title
    1 week
  2. categories
    1. measurements
      1. group Id
        OG000
        lower Limit
        -1
        upper Limit
        0
        value
        0
      2. group Id
        OG001
        lower Limit
        -1.5
        upper Limit
        0
        value
        0
      3. group Id
        OG002
        lower Limit
        -2
        upper Limit
        -1
        value
        -2
    title
    1 month
denoms
  1. counts
    1. group Id
      OG000
      value
      20
    2. group Id
      OG001
      value
      10
    3. group Id
      OG002
      value
      9
    units
    Participants
description
0=no pain to 10=most severe pain
dispersion Type
Inter-Quartile Range
groups
  1. description
    Patients received 3 massage therapy visits from massage therapists in initial week with a duration of 15-45 minutes.NOTE: Intervention 'management of therapy complications' has not been included in any Arm/Group Descriptions. Patients were intended to receive pain therapy, psychosocial assessment and care, and quality-of-life assessment management of therapy complications massage therapy pain therapy psychosocial assessment and care quality-of-life assessment
    id
    OG000
    title
    Massage
  2. description
    Patients received 3 no-touch therapy visits from massage therapists who provided no-touch without healing intention.Patients were intended to receive pain therapy, psychosocial assessment and care, and quality-of-life assessment management of therapy complications massage therapy pain therapy psychosocial assessment and care quality-of-life assessment
    id
    OG001
    title
    No-touch Control
  3. description
    Patients did not receive visits from massage therapists. Patients were intended to receive pain therapy, psychosocial assessment and care, and quality-of-life assessment
    id
    OG002
    title
    Usual Care
param Type
MEDIAN
reporting Status
POSTED
time Frame
From baseline to 1 week and from baseline to one month
title
Pain
type
PRIMARY
unit Of Measure
units on a scale

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