The effect of muscle relaxation and foot reflexology massage on sleep of cancer patients
Phase 2
Recruiting
- Conditions
- sleep quality.Other sleep disorders not due to a substance or known physiological condition
- Registration Number
- IRCT20170619034641N4
- Lead Sponsor
- Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 150
Inclusion Criteria
Consent to participate in the study.
Complete consciousness.
score equal or more than five from the Pittsburgh quality of sleep questionnaire
ability of verbal communication
undergoing chemotherapy based on treatment protocols.
lasting at least one month of chemotherapy history
doing at least two chemotherapy sessions.
Not having skin wound,Infection and skin disease.
Exclusion Criteria
Having coagulation disorder (due to the possibility of producing clots and thromboembolism).
No tolerance of the massage.
Use of other complementary therapies for improving the sleep
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sleep quality. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study and Four weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh sleep quality questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method