The effect of chair massage on stress perception of hospital bedside nurses

Brennan, Mary Kay; DeBate, Rita

doi:10.1016/j.jbmt.2005.11.003

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“…18 A controlled trial of a 10-minute seated massage administered to nurses in the workplace reported significantly reduced perceived stress. 24 This study confirms these prior observations. Similarly, uncontrolled studies of a 15-minute seated massage administered to nurses in the workplace have also reported significant improvements in stress and anxietyrelated symptoms, 25 pain and mood, 26 and anxiety following a 15-minute weekly back massage.…”

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Effect of a Brief Seated Massage on Nursing Student Attitudes Toward Touch for Comfort Care

Turkeltaub

Yearwood²,

Friedmann³

2014

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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Background: While massage has been removed from nursing curricula, studies have reported massage as safe and effective for stress reduction, relaxation, pain relief, fatigue, and quality of life. Objective: To compare the efficacy of two intensities of touch administered during two seated massages on the attitudes of nursing students toward touch for their self-care and patient care. Participants: Nursing students who volunteered gave institutional review board-approved written informed consent to undergo massage by a licensed massage therapist. Settings/location: A private room adjacent to the nursing lab in a school of nursing. Intervention: Brief seated massages of differing intensities. Each participant received low-intensity and highintensity touch in a two-block, randomized order, within-subjects design. Linear mixed models nested within subject and random intercept analyses were used to test hypotheses in this two-treatment, two-sequence, twoperiod crossover design. Outcome measures: Health questionnaires/visual analogue scales pertaining to physical/affective/and attitudinal status were completed before and after each massage. Results: Twenty-nine participants (93% female, 83% single) completed the study. Before massage, the optimal intensity of touch anticipated for self-comfort was 6.6 (0 = no pressure;10 = most intense pressure imaginable). The mean touch intensities were 6.7 for high-intensity massage and 0.5 for low-intensity ( p < 0.001). The overall percentage differences (feeling better or worse) following massage were as follows: low intensity, 37.5% better; high intensity, 62.7% better ( p < 0.001). Significantly more improvement was reported for energy, pain, stress, and feeling physically uptight after high-intensity compared with low-intensity ( p < 0.03). Participants were more likely to both receive touch for self-care and provide touch for patient care after experiencing high-versus low-intensity massage ( p < 0.01). Conclusions: High-intensity seated massage was more efficacious than low-intensity massage and positively influenced nursing student attitudes toward the inclusion of massage in self-care/patient care. The role of touch for self-care/patient care in the nursing curricula merits reconsideration.

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confidence: 91%

Effect of a Brief Seated Massage on Nursing Student Attitudes Toward Touch for Comfort Care

Turkeltaub

Yearwood²,

Friedmann³

2014

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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“…In a study by Brennan and De Bate,14 nurses in the study group received a 10-minute chair massage while the control group received a 10-minute break. 18 Using the Perceived Stress Scale, the study group reported significantly lower stress perception after the chair massage, whereas the control group reported no significant changes. In addition to reducing pain and tension levels, massage therapy has been found to increase relaxation and improve the overall mood of patients.…”

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The Effects of Employer-Provided Massage Therapy on Job Satisfaction, Workplace Stress, and Pain and Discomfort

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Tam

Lee

et al. 2009

Holistic Nursing Practice

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Long-term care staff have high levels of musculoskeletal concerns. This research provided a pilot program to evaluate the efficacy of employer-funded on-site massage therapy on job satisfaction, workplace stress, pain, and discomfort. Twenty-minute massage therapy sessions were provided. Evaluation demonstrated possible improvements in job satisfaction, with initial benefits in pain severity, and the greatest benefit for individuals with preexisting symptoms. A long-term effect was not demonstrated.

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“…This form of massage is often combined with health education and advice concerning workplace ergonomics and can be performed, for instance, in the workplace, where people are at risk of mus cu loskeletal overload mainly in the region around the spine and in the upper limbs. This issue has already been studied by other authors, who also indicated its therapeutic importance with respect to psychoso matic health [13][14][15][16][17][18][19].…”

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confidence: 91%

“…w miej scu pra cy, tam gdzie oso by na ra żo ne są na prze cią że nia na rzą du ru chu, przede wszyst kim okolic krę go słu pa i koń czyn gór nych. Ba da nia na ten temat prze pro wa dzi li już in ni au to rzy, wska zu jąc również na zna cze nie te ra peu tycz ne w aspek cie zdro wia psy cho so ma tycz ne go [13][14][15][16][17][18][19].…”

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The Concept of ”Chair Massage” in the Workplace as Prevention of Musculoskeletal Overload and Pain

Cabak

Kotynia

Banasiński³

et al. 2016

Ortop Traumatol Rehabil

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1. The proposed programme of chair massage in the workplace proved to be effective in relieving musculoskeletal overload and discomfort of the spine and upper limbs. 2. The advantages of this method include its accessibility, cost-effectiveness, ease of administration in different places and short treatment time. It seems advisable to popularise it and increase its use in practice in the prevention of physical and mental work-related overload.

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The effect of chair massage on stress perception of hospital bedside nurses

Cited by 32 publications

References 10 publications

Effect of a Brief Seated Massage on Nursing Student Attitudes Toward Touch for Comfort Care

Effect of a Brief Seated Massage on Nursing Student Attitudes Toward Touch for Comfort Care

The Effects of Employer-Provided Massage Therapy on Job Satisfaction, Workplace Stress, and Pain and Discomfort

The Concept of ”Chair Massage” in the Workplace as Prevention of Musculoskeletal Overload and Pain

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