This randomized controlled trial investigated the short-term effects of massage therapy on youth with SCD and their parents. METHODS: Thirty-four children and adolescents, and their parents were assigned to a massage therapy or an attention control group. Parents were trained in massage in their homes once a week for 4 weeks, with instructions to provide nightly massages. Families in the control group were visited weekly by a research assistant. Participants completed measures of depression and anxiety, functional status, pain intensity, medication use, and service utilization. RESULTS: Parents in the massage therapy group reported higher levels of depression and anxiety following the intervention. Youth in this group showed higher levels of functional status, and lower levels of depression, anxiety, and pain. Health service utilization rates were unchanged from pre- to post-intervention. CONCLUSIONS: These results offer preliminary support for parent-delivered massage therapy as an intervention for SCD pain.

J Pediatr Psychol. 2009 Mar 12. Lemanek KL, Ranalli M, Lukens C. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Posted: 05/08/2009



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