title: The effect of shiatsu massage on underlying anxiety in burn patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Burn patients experience high levels of predictable anxiety during dressing changes while anti-anxiety drugs cannot control these anxieties. The nurses can limit the side effects of medications by undertaking complementary therapies. Hand pressure massage was introduced as a technique that can reduce these anxieties. This study aimed to investigate the effect of hand pressure massage using Shiatsu method on underlying anxiety in burn patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  In an available randomized study, 60 burn patients with underlying pain were enrolled. They were randomly allocated in two groups of hand massage and the control. The anxiety of underlying burn pain before and after the massage was evaluated using Burn Specific Pain Anxiety Scale (BSPAS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The difference for anxiety scores in the hand Shiatsu massage group before and after massage were statistically significant, but in the control group was not significant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on our findings, 20 minutes of hand Shiatsu massage in conjunction with analgesic medications can be beneficial to control the anxiety of burn patients.
authors.affiliation: Medical Surgical Group, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mohaddes Ardabili
authors.affiliation: Medical Surgical Group, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
authors.forename: Soybeh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Purhajari
authors.affiliation: Medical Surgical Group, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
authors.forename: Tahereh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Najafi Ghzeljeh
authors.affiliation: Statistic and Mathematics Department, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Haghani
keywords: Anxiety; Burn; Pain; Shiatsu massage