Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercises on Sleep, Fatigue and Pain in Pancreatic and Colon Cancer Patients

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Pancreatic Cancer; Colon Cancer

• Registration Number: NCT06920082
• Lead Sponsor: Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

Brief Summary

With regular practice, relaxation has been found to have many benefits such as reducing sensitivity to pain and fatigue, facilitating the transition to sleep, and improving quality of life. Therefore, this study was planned to examine the effects of progressive muscle relaxation exercises applied to pancreatic and colon cancer patients receiving chemotherapy on sleep, fatigue, and pain.

Detailed Description

A total of 18 sessions of progressive relaxation were performed, 3 days a week for 6 weeks.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2025-02
• Study Start: 2025-03-03
• Study First Submitted: 2025-04-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-04-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-02
• Primary Completion: 2025-04-07
• Study First Posted: 2025-04-09
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-09
• Study Completion: 2025-07-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Being over 18 years of age
• Being able to communicate adequately
• Not having a psychiatric problem
• Those who are determined by a physician to have no physical obstacle to exercise
• Individuals who can use technological devices
• Patients who have had at least 3 cycles

Exclusion Criteria

• Those with communication problems
• Those with psychiatric problems
• Patients doing any exercise
• Individuals with phones that do not have a voice recording feature
• Individuals with phones that do not have a WhatsApp feature

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Piper Fatigue Scale	After the intervention (After progressive muscle relaxation exercises applied in week 6)	It is a 22-item scale that measures four subscales: behavior (6 items), affect (5 items), sensory (5 items), and cognition/mood (6 items). Each item has 11 response categories on a 0-10 metric with verbal descriptors anchoring the endpoints. Each subscale is scored individually and then aggregated together for an overall score, with higher scores reflecting more fatigue.
Visual Analog Scale	After the intervention (After progressive muscle relaxation exercises applied in week 6)	The patients were asked to mark their level of pain during relaxation or activities on a 10 cm vertical or horizontal line. In addition, there were forms which were numbered from 1-10 or from 1-100. The number 0 is found at the beginning of the line, and the number 10 is located at the end of the line. A value of 0 shows that there is no pain, and the value 10 expresses unendurable pain. GAS is a common scale in the assessment of pain level. A patient is asked to mark the perceived pain on this line, and the marked point is measured in cm.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)	After the intervention (After progressive muscle relaxation exercises applied in week 6)	The PSQI is a valid and consistent survey comprising 19 questions to assess the quality and amount of sleep and the existence of a sleep disorder and its level in the previous month. The scale was adapted into the Turkish language by Agargün et al. (1996). The scale consists of seven components that assess patients' subjective sleep quality, sleep delay, use of sleeping medication and dysfunction in daily activities. Each item scores in the range 0-3 points and the total score of the seven components gives the total PSQI score. The total score has a value between 0-21 and a high total score demonstrates a poor quality of sleep. A total PSQI score of ≤5 indicates "good sleep", and a score of\>5 indicates "poor sleep"

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Faculty of Health Sciences; 🇹🇷 Küçükçekmece, İstanbul, Turkey