The Impact of the Practice of Touch-massage on the Anxiety of Patients With Hematological Disorders Hospitalized in a Protective Environment, a Randomized, Controlled Study

The Impact of the Practice of Touch-massage on the Anxiety of Patients With Hematological Disorders Hospitalized in a Protective Environment, a Randomized, Controlled Study

Each year, 17000 cases of severe hematological diseases are diagnosed in France, with more than 6,000 of these requiring hospitalization in a protective, sterile environment. New methods, such as touch massage, have emerged in response to anxiety symptoms observed in patients in such sterile and isolated surroundings. We hypothesize that during the period of isolation, touch massage becomes a nursing care which can help the patient.

Patients with hematologic diseases (leukaemia, myeloma, lymphoma) hospitalized in a sterile area of a hematology unit for at least 3 weeks 18 to 65 years female or male Not having met the nurse, who is providing the touch-massage

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with hematologic diseases (leukaemia, Myeloma, lymphoma) hospitalized in a sterile area of a hematology unit for at least 3 weeks
• 18 to 65 years
• Female or male
• Not having met the nurse, who is providing the touch-massage

Exclusion Criteria:

• Allergy to sweet almond oil
• Injury to the skin, at the back and / or arms and / or hands
• Cognitive impairment and / or preventing psychiatric responses to interviews and / or questionnaires
• Physical inability to take sitting in an ergonomic chair for the conduct of touch massage.