Sickle Cell Disease
Conditions
Keywords
Sickle Cell Pain, Sickle Cell Disease, Chronic Pain, Alternative Medicine/Therapy, Complementary Medicine, Massage Therapy, Relaxation Technique, Home-based Therapy
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of in-home, family-administered massage and in-home relaxation training on measures of physical status and health care utilization in a sample of African American adolescents age 15 years and older and adults with chronic pain associated with sickle cell disease who have been randomly assigned to six sessions of either family-administered massage or progressive muscle relaxation training.
Interventions
PROCEDUREmassage
BEHAVIORALrelaxation
Sponsors
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
15 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Medically diagnosed with sickle cell disease, including hemoglobin SS disease, hemoglobin SD disease, hemoglobin SC disease, or sickle-thalassemia * Self-report of having experienced chronic pain related to sickle cell disease during the past 30 days. * Availability of a family member or friend who agrees to be trained to administer massages if the participant is randomized to the massage arm of the study.
Exclusion criteria
* Sickle cell trait instead of sickle cell disease diagnosis. * Diagnosis of disease in addition to sickle cell disease which requires regular use of pain medication. (Please note, regular use of pain medication for sickle cell pain is NOT an exclusion)
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed