The Effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercises on Anxiety Among Parents of Children With Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 112
- 主要终点
- Change in State Anxiety
研究概览
简要总结
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effect of progressive muscle relaxation exercises on anxiety levels among parents who are the primary caregivers of children diagnosed with cancer and receiving inpatient treatment. A total of 112 parents will be randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group. Parents in the intervention group will participate in researcher-led progressive muscle relaxation sessions. Anxiety will be assessed using the State Anxiety Inventory (STAI-I). The study will be conducted at the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Clinic of Akdeniz University Hospital in Antalya, Türkiye.
详细描述
Parents of children diagnosed with cancer may experience substantial anxiety throughout their child's diagnosis and treatment. Progressive muscle relaxation is a nonpharmacological technique involving the systematic tensing and relaxing of major muscle groups combined with deep breathing. Eligible parents will be randomly allocated in equal numbers to the intervention or control group using a computer-generated randomization sequence. The intervention will be delivered individually in a private clinical education room. Participants will progressively tense and relax the muscles of the face, neck, shoulders, chest, abdomen, legs, and feet. Each muscle group will be tensed for 5 seconds and relaxed for 10 seconds while participants practice deep breathing and visualize a wave of relaxation throughout the body. Anxiety will be assessed using the State Anxiety Inventory (STAI-I), and changes in anxiety scores will be compared between the groups.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Being the parent and primary caregiver of a child diagnosed with cancer
- •The child having been diagnosed with cancer within the previous 12 months
- •The child currently receiving inpatient treatment in the study clinic
- •Being able to communicate without hearing or speech-related barriers
- •Being able to understand and answer the study questions
- •Providing written informed consent
排除标准
- •Not meeting any of the inclusion criteria
- •Withdrawing consent at any time
研究组 & 干预措施
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Participants will receive two individual progressive muscle relaxation sessions in a private clinical education room over two weeks. Each session will last approximately 15 minutes and will be conducted once weekly.
干预措施: Progressive Muscle Relaxation (Behavioral)
Control
Participants in the control group will receive routine care provided by the clinic and will not participate in progressive muscle relaxation sessions during the study period.
结局指标
主要结局
Change in State Anxiety
时间窗: 2 weeks
State anxiety will be measured using the State Anxiety subscale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S). The subscale contains 20 items and yields a total score ranging from 20 to 80. Higher scores indicate higher state anxiety.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Duygu ALTUNTAŞ
Lecturer, PhD
Akdeniz University