Effect of Massage and Hydrotherapy to Improve Well-being and Pain Perception in Women With Endometriosis Unresponsive to Conventional Treatment

Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The objective is to analyze the short-term effect of a comprehensive HAMMAM experience combining therapeutic hydrotherapy, aromatherapy, music therapy, and Swedish massage on objective parameters and patient-reported outcomes related to well-being generation and pain reduction in women with endometriosis-related chronic pelvic pain.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Female
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 55
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Pelvic pain during the last 6 months more or equal to 4 in a NRS scale.

• Diagnosed with endometriosis (through surgery, magnetic resonance imaging or ultrasound imaging)

• Premenopausal status

• Be able to walk without assistance and to read and write enough

• Be capable and willing to provide consent

Locations
Other Locations
Spain
Francisco Artacho Cordón
RECRUITING
Granada
Contact Information
Primary
Francisco Artacho-Cordón
fartacho@ugr.es
958249983
Backup
Olga Ocón-Hernández
ooconh@ugr.es
0034-958-242-865
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-05-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2024-07-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 44
Treatments
No_intervention: Usual care group
The gynecologist will proceed to administer the standard treatments to the control group. Moreover, assessors will emphasize healthy lifestyle benefits.
Experimental: Experimental group
The comprehensive Hammam experience will consist of 3 sessions at the Arab baths of Hammam Al Ándalus, Granada -Spain- (once session each two weeks). Each session will involve a thermal circuit lasting approximately 75 minutes, following the institution's guidelines, inviting women to explore the warm, hot, and cold water baths, as well as the steam room. The thermal circuit will be complemented by a 15-minute relaxing Swedish massage using essential oils. During the final session, massage will be preceeded by a traditional Kessa treatment on a hot stone bed. During sessions, women will be involved in a multisensory experience, including aromatherapy and relaxing music, and where they will also have the opportunity to sipping on mint tea and relax on a building all decorated in resplendent Arabian décor. One member of the research team will be responsible for coordinating the sessions in collaboration with the Al Ándalus institution, subject to their availability.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Universidad de Granada

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