Can hand massage ease severe pregnancy nausea?
NCT ID NCT07389668
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether a specific hand massage technique (seed therapy or su jok) can reduce nausea and vomiting and improve quality of life in pregnant women hospitalized with hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe form of morning sickness. Researchers enrolled 70 pregnant women and applied the massage technique. The goal was to see if this simple, non-drug approach could help manage symptoms.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- hand massage (seed therapy / su jok)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, drug-free way to ease severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy and improve quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with only 70 participants. The results may not apply to all pregnant women, and the therapy's effects may be due to placebo or limited to this specific technique.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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70 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Finished
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Jan 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 49 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women who are over 18 years old, * Who can read and write, * Who do not have any psychiatric disorders, * Who are not experiencing a risky pregnancy, * Who are hospitalized with a diagnosis of hyperemesis gravidarum, * Who do not react negatively to any interventions aimed at touch, such as massage, * Who have full and healthy tissue integrity in the area where the massage will be performed Exclusion Criteria: * Those whose pregnancy has ended for any reason, * Those who have not been hospitalized despite being diagnosed, * Pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Inonu University
Malatya, Turkey (Türkiye)
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