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Comparing the effect of whole body massage by a specialist nurse and patients’ relatives on blood cortisol level in coronary patients

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases such as acute coronary syndrome and myocardial infarction are often accompanied by severe anxiety over the likelihood of death. Cortisol has been known as a stress hormone. However, there are controversies about the effect of massage therapy on blood cortisol leve...

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Autores principales: Adib-Hajbaghery, Mohsen, Rajabi-Beheshtabad, Rahman, Ardjmand, Abolfazl
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4568197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26405441
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author Adib-Hajbaghery, Mohsen
Rajabi-Beheshtabad, Rahman
Ardjmand, Abolfazl
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Rajabi-Beheshtabad, Rahman
Ardjmand, Abolfazl
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description BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases such as acute coronary syndrome and myocardial infarction are often accompanied by severe anxiety over the likelihood of death. Cortisol has been known as a stress hormone. However, there are controversies about the effect of massage therapy on blood cortisol level. Furthermore, no study is available on the difference between massage applied by a nurse specialist or by patients’ relatives on blood cortisol level. This study was aimed to compare the effect of massage applied by a nurse specialist and patients’ relatives on blood cortisol level among the patients admitted in coronary care unit (CCU). METHODS: In a randomized controlled trial, ninety patients hospitalized at CCU were randomly placed in three groups: massage by a nurse; massage by patients’ relatives and control group. The two massage groups received a session of whole body massage. The control group received the routine care. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance, chi-square and Fischer exact tests, Kruskal-Wallis and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks tests. RESULTS: The mean age of participants was 58.43 ± 14.23 years. None of the participants had the history of massage therapy. In the group massaged by a nurse, the median blood cortisol level was 281.90 nanomoles, which were decreased to 197.00 after the intervention (P < 0.007). The median blood cortisol level in the group massaged by the patients’ relatives and the control group did not affect significantly. CONCLUSION: Massage therapy decreased the blood cortisol level in the group that received massage by a specialist nurse. It can be recommended that massage therapy be used in patients admitted in CCU.
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spelling pubmed-45681972015-09-24 Comparing the effect of whole body massage by a specialist nurse and patients’ relatives on blood cortisol level in coronary patients Adib-Hajbaghery, Mohsen Rajabi-Beheshtabad, Rahman Ardjmand, Abolfazl ARYA Atheroscler Original Article BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases such as acute coronary syndrome and myocardial infarction are often accompanied by severe anxiety over the likelihood of death. Cortisol has been known as a stress hormone. However, there are controversies about the effect of massage therapy on blood cortisol level. Furthermore, no study is available on the difference between massage applied by a nurse specialist or by patients’ relatives on blood cortisol level. This study was aimed to compare the effect of massage applied by a nurse specialist and patients’ relatives on blood cortisol level among the patients admitted in coronary care unit (CCU). METHODS: In a randomized controlled trial, ninety patients hospitalized at CCU were randomly placed in three groups: massage by a nurse; massage by patients’ relatives and control group. The two massage groups received a session of whole body massage. The control group received the routine care. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance, chi-square and Fischer exact tests, Kruskal-Wallis and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks tests. RESULTS: The mean age of participants was 58.43 ± 14.23 years. None of the participants had the history of massage therapy. In the group massaged by a nurse, the median blood cortisol level was 281.90 nanomoles, which were decreased to 197.00 after the intervention (P < 0.007). The median blood cortisol level in the group massaged by the patients’ relatives and the control group did not affect significantly. CONCLUSION: Massage therapy decreased the blood cortisol level in the group that received massage by a specialist nurse. It can be recommended that massage therapy be used in patients admitted in CCU. Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 2015-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4568197/ /pubmed/26405441 Text en © 2015 Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center & Isfahan University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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title_fullStr Comparing the effect of whole body massage by a specialist nurse and patients’ relatives on blood cortisol level in coronary patients
title_full_unstemmed Comparing the effect of whole body massage by a specialist nurse and patients’ relatives on blood cortisol level in coronary patients
title_short Comparing the effect of whole body massage by a specialist nurse and patients’ relatives on blood cortisol level in coronary patients
title_sort comparing the effect of whole body massage by a specialist nurse and patients’ relatives on blood cortisol level in coronary patients
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4568197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26405441
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