NCT07000591Completed
Massage Based on the Human Caring Model in Epilepsy
The Effect of Massage Based on the Human Caring Model on Self-Efficacy, Symptom Management, and Caregiver Burden in Patients With Epilepsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Oct 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This randomized controlled study will be conducted with 96 epilepsy patients and their caregivers at Atatürk University Research Hospital between November 2024 and February 2026. Participants will be randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group will receive neck massage based on Jean Watson's Human Caring Model three times a week for eight weeks. Data will be collected using various scales to evaluate self-efficacy, symptom management, and caregiver burden before and after the intervention.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 96 (actual)
- First submitted
- 24 May 2025
- Start date
- 15 Jun 2025
- Primary completion date
- 15 Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Muş Alparslan University
- Diseases
- Epilepsy
- NCT number
- NCT07000591
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 96
- From 15 Jun 2025 to the primary completion date, 15 Jun 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other
- Declining to continue participation in the study,
- Experiencing pain during massage application,
- Changes in the pharmacological treatment regimen,
- Failing to attend massage sessions,
- Development of undesirable effects (e.g., bruising or discoloration) in the massage area, which leads to termination of sessions.
Who the study is looking for
- Aged between 18 and 65 years,
- Diagnosed with Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures or Focal Epilepsy,
- Able to speak and understand Turkish,
- Conscious and alert,
- Able to communicate verbally,
- No history of neck trauma,
- No cervical disc herniation,
- No severe headaches or migraines,
- Not diagnosed with cancer,
- No neurological and/or psychiatric disorders affecting cognitive function,
- No acute (recently developed) health issues (e.g., heart attack, fainting),
- No uncontrolled high blood pressure,
- No use of analgesic medications in the past 24 hours,
- No contraindications to massage therapy (e.g., advanced COPD, asthma, heart or kidney failure, malignant conditions, febrile illnesses, or pregnancy),
- No skin issues (rash, redness, lesions, heat increase, swelling, edema, bone abnormalities, or localized infections) in the area where massage is to be applied.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atatürk University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Erzurum | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
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