Moyle 2013.
| Methods | RCT with individual participants in parallel groups, Australia | |
| Participants | Nurses and assistant nurses in dementia care; 100% women; Age 49 yrs ± 11 yrs; > 10 yrs experience 10%; Experimental n = 9 Control n = 10 | |
| Interventions | 1) Experimental: The intervention was a foot massage delivered by 1 of 2 research assistants trained by an expert certified therapist in the massage technique. In each session, participants received a standardised 5‐minute massage on each foot (10‐minute in total), involving the application of light pressure with long, gliding, rhythmical strokes of the entire foot and ankle, and toe and ankle rotation, flexion and extension [16 ‐ 19]. Unscented Sorbolene (8 ‐ 10 mls) was applied as a lubricant for the massage. 2 ) Control: In the silent resting control sessions participants sat silently with their eyes closed and legs slightly elevated on a beanbag for 10 minutes. A trained research assistant stayed outside the room for the 10‐min period. The purpose of the silent resting condition was to help isolate whether any observed effects were because of the foot massage specifically, or because the participant received special attention and had the opportunity to be away from the work environment for a quiet time. |
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| Outcomes | Profile of Mood States‐ Bipolar (POMS‐Bipolar); systolic and diastolic blood pressure | |
| Notes | ||
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | "used a computer program to undertake the permuted‐block randomization process, with block sizes set at six" |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not reported |
| Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes | High risk | Provider and participants not blinded. Outcome self‐reported |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | All participant‐outcome data reported |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | No protocol, but all outcomes from Method section reported |
| Other bias | Unclear risk | We did not find any indications of other sources of bias |