The professional role of massage therapists in patient care in Canadian urban hospitals – a mixed methods study
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Auteurs : Ania Kania-Richmond [Canada] ; Barb Findlay Reece ; Esther Suter ; Marja J. Verhoef [Canada]Source :
- BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine [ 1472-6882 ] ; 2015.
Abstract
Massage therapy (MT) is becoming established as a recognized health care profession in Canada. It has been integrated as a core service in settings such as health spas, private integrative health centers, and there is indication that MT is starting to be integrated into hospitals. Research in the area of hospital-based MT has primarily focused on the efficacy, effectiveness, and increasingly, the safety of MT. However, little is known about the professional role of massage therapists in the hospital setting. The purpose of this study was to conduct an in-depth exploration and description of massage therapists’ professional role in patient care in the context of Canadian urban hospitals.
A sequential mixed methods study design was used. For the quantitative phase, a survey was sent to urban hospitals where MT services were organized by hospitals and provided by licensed massage therapists to patients to a) provide a contextual description of the hospitals and b) identify a sampling frame for the qualitative phase. The subsequent qualitative phase entailed semi structured interviews with a purposively diverse sample of participants massage therapists from the surveyed sites to explore their role perceptions. The quantitative and qualitative approaches were integrated during data collection and analysis.
Of the hospitals that responded, sixteen urban hospitals across Canada (5%) provided MT to patients by licensed therapists. The majority of hospitals were located in Ontario and ranged from specialized small community hospitals to large multi-site hospitals. Based on interviews with 25 participants, six components of the massage therapists’ professional role emerged: health care provider, team member, program support, educator, promoter of the profession, and researcher.
While hospital-based MT in Canada is not a new phenomenon, MT is not yet an established health care profession in such settings. However, there is significant potential for the inclusion of the massage therapists’ role in Canadian hospitals that should be evidence based for effective implementation.
The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12906-015-0536-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0536-4
PubMed: 25887029
PubMed Central: 4355003
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