Healthy adults
Conditions
Interventions
20 nurses provide back massage for a healthy volunteer. Each nurse provides it twice and the test term leaves to their option. In the test, expert nurses are measured back massage skills and psychol
Sponsors
Tokyo Medical and Dental university, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: For expert nurses: 1. work over 5 years of experience and still working for nurse 2. be evaluated by patient or someone in back massage skill For a healthy volunteer: 1. BMI: 18.5~25.0
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: For expert nurses: 1. be in therapy or have a history of cardiac disease, hypertension, skin disease and autonomic insufficiency. 2. be affected with locomotor apparatus disease. For a healthy volunteer: 1. be in therapy or have a history of cardiac disease, hypertension, skin disease and autonomic insufficiency.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Two main outcomes for nurses. 1. Back massage skills parameters: the force, speed, motion and area of back massage on hand, voice volume and pitch, time and position. 2. Psychological parameters: Two dimensional Mood Scale-Short Term (TDMS), heart rate variability and questionnaire. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sub outcomes for a healthy volunteer: heart rate variability and questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactMasayo Kashiwagi
Tokyo Medical and Dental university, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences Division of Fundamental and scientific Nursing care innovation
Outcome results
None listed