TITLE:
Effect of Therapeutic Massage in Cancer Patient: Suffering
AUTHORS:
Márcia Lúcia Sousa Dias Alves, Maria Helena de Agrela Gonçalves Jardim, Bárbara Pereira Gomes
KEYWORDS:
Oncology, Suffering, Massage
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Cancer Therapy,
Vol.8 No.12,
December
6,
2017
ABSTRACT: People with oncological disease demonstrate, in
addition to the side effects of the treatments, the future uncertainties and
suffering, having this pathology an impact on self-image, in interpersonal
relationships, the meanings and ways of
life. We design the quasi-experimental study with the aim to evaluate the
effect of the massage therapy on a sample of 31 suffering cancer patients, 16
of the experimental group and the control group 15. For the operationalization of the independent variable a protocol of massage therapy advocated by Tiffany
Field was used and Hernandez-Reif uses the inventory of subjective Experiences suffering in illness (IESSD).
The massage therapy was proved beneficial on psychological dimension (p p = 0.001), existential (p p = 0.005) and suffering (p