Massage Therapy for HIV-positive People : Effects on Anxiety, Depression, Hyperventilation and Quality of Life

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02535429

Enrollment

Registered

2015-08-28

Start date

2015-07-31

Completion date

2016-07-31

Last updated

2016-08-12

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Conditions

HIV-positive Diagnosis

Brief summary

Massage therapy during 1 month and evaluation of depression, hyperventilation, anxiety and quality of life

Interventions

OTHERmassage

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 75 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* HIV-positive diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

* musculoskeletal disorders

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Anxiety measured by Hospital anxiety and depression scale	5 minutes
Depression measured by Hospital anxiety and depression scale	5 minutes
Hyperventilation measured by NIJMEGEN questionnaire	5 minutes
quality of life measured by World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire	10 minutes

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026