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Trial reportSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2019

Healthcare service utilization and work-related productivity in reflexology intervention for advanced breast cancer women.

Zhehui Luo, Liang Wang, Alla Sikorskii, Gwen Wyatt

Registry-linked trialOpen access · greenAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01582971 (Home-Based Symptom Management Via Reflexology for Breast Cancer Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT01582971 nacompletednot on this map

Home-Based Symptom Management Via Reflexology for Breast Cancer Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorMichigan State UniversityRan2012 to 2016Enrolled256ConditionsBreast CancerArmsReflexology
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Non-medical interventions to enhance return to work for people with cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
    Pooled it
  2. Symptom response analysis of a randomized controlled trial of reflexology for symptom management among women with advanced breast cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhehui LuoDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824, USA. zluo@msu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9193-3380
Liang WangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824, USA.
Alla SikorskiiDepartment of Psychiatry, Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
Gwen WyattCollege of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
Michigan State University · US

Funding

Home-Based Symptom Management via Reflexology for Advanced Breast Cancer PatientsR01CA157459 · NCI · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WYATT, GWEN KARILYN · 2011 to 2015
$2.5M
National Cancer Institute R01CA157459NCI NIH HHS R01 CA157459
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis project's purpose was to determine the effects of a home-based reflexology intervention on symptom-related use of health services and work-related productivity during the 11-week study.

methodsA total of 256 patients were randomized to four weekly reflexology sessions (each lasting 30 min, delivered by lay caregivers who received two training sessions by a professional reflexologist) or attention control. The Conventional Health Service and Productivity Costs Form was used to collect information on health service utilization and out-of-pocket expenditure of symptom management. The Health and Work Performance Questionnaire was used to measure workplace performance for patients during the study period. We used weighted and unweighted logistic and linear regression analyses.

resultsPatients in the reflexology group were less likely to have hospital visits compared to the control group in the weighted unadjusted (odds ratio [OR] = 0.49; 95% confidence interval [CI] = [0.25, 0.97]), unweighted adjusted (OR = 0.35; 95% CI = [0.16, 0.75]), and weighted adjusted (OR = 0.30, 95% CI = [0.13, 0.66]) logistic regressions. Compared to attention control, patients in the reflexology group had lower relative absenteeism in the unweighted adjusted (- 0.32; 95% CI = [- 0.60, - 0.03]) linear regressions and less absolute presenteeism (15.42, 95% CI = [0.87, 29.98]) in the weighted unadjusted analysis.

conclusionThe reflexology intervention delivered by lay caregivers reduced hospital visits and increased workplace productivity in a short-term period, which has potential for cost saving for health care systems and employers.

trial registrationNCT01582971.

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Breast NeoplasmsEfficiencyFemaleHumansMassageMiddle AgedPatient Acceptance of Health CareRegression AnalysisWorkBreast cancerHealth service expenditure, absenteeism, presenteeismHealth service utilizationReflexology

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PMID30552595
PMCPMC6570585
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