The Benefits of Massage Therapy with BMT Patients: Impact on Anxiety, Depression and Pain Symptoms

This poster presentation will detail the implementation and data collection and analysis for massage therapy services provided to BMT patients during their hospital stay at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. The BMT Social Workers sought funding through the hospital foundation to hire an experienced massage therapist to provide massage therapy services for 9 months. A pre- and post-survey was provided to each patient at each massage session. The outcome data shows that patients experienced a decrease in pain, anxiety and depression symptoms.
Source: Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation - Category: Hematology Authors: Tags: 297 Source Type: research