The effect of Benson’s relaxation technique on depression, anxiety, and quality of life of caregivers

Not Applicable

Conditions: Condition 1: Depression. Condition 2: Anxiety. Condition 3: Quality of life.
Major depressive disorder, single episode, mild
Generalized anxiety disorder
Malignant neoplasm without specification of site
F32.0
F41.1

Registration Number: IRCT20100403003618N7

Lead Sponsor: Kashan University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Caring for a patient with cancer at the time of the study (i.e. a spouse, a child, a father, or a mother).
Age between 20 and less than 60 years.
Fluency and ability to read and write in Persian language.
Willingness to participate in the study and signing the informed consent form.
Not receiving antidepressants and anxiolytic medications at the beginning of the study.
Having mild or higher anxiety and depression based on Beck’s depression and the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventories.
Having no known cognitive impairment (to this end, the individual, and the patient will be questioned if any physician made him/her a medical diagnosis of mental disorders such as amnesia and Alzheimer disease?)

Exclusion Criteria

A caregiver’s decision to withdraw from the study.
Getting any acute illness or conditions requiring medical attention during the study.
The occurrence of a critical condition for the caregiver (such as getting an acute illness, being hospitalized, being divorced) so that his/her quality of life is affected.
Doing the recommended intervention for less than 5 sessions in a week.
Death of a caregiver.

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depression. Timepoint: Before the intervention, the end of the sixth week of intervention, and also four weeks after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: The Beck Depression Inventory.;Anxiety. Timepoint: Before the intervention, the end of the sixth week of intervention, and also four weeks after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: The Spilberger Inventory.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life. Timepoint: Before the intervention, the end of the sixth week of intervention, and also four weeks after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: The Caregiver Quality Of Life index-Cancer scale.