The Impact of Massage and Reading on Children's Pain and Anxiety After Cardiovascular Surgery: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of this pilot study was three-fold: 1) to evaluate the safety and feasibility of instituting massage therapy in the immediate postoperative period after congenital heart surgery, 2) to examine the preliminary results on effects of massage therapy versus standard of care plus three reading visits on postoperative pain and anxiety, and 3) to evaluate preliminary effects of opioid and benzodiazepine exposure in patients receiving massage therapy compared with reading controls.

Design

Prospective, randomized controlled trial.

Setting

An academic children's hospital.

Subjects

Sixty pediatric heart surgery patients between ages 6 and 18 years.

Interventions

Massage therapy and reading.

Measurement and main results

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SUBMITTER: Staveski SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6086725 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature