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CompletedNCT01275872

Effect of Guided Imagery and Progressive Muscle Relaxation as a Means to Improve the Psychological Well-being and the Quality of Life for Patients With Breast and Prostate Cancer

A Randomized Clinical Trial on the Effect of Guided Imagery and Progressive Muscle Relaxation for the Management of Pain, Stress, Anxiety and Depression as a Means to Improve the Psychological Well-being and the Quality of Life for Patients With Breast and Prostate Cancer

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
200 (estimated)
Sponsor
Cyprus University of Technology · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 72 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Guided Imagery and Progressive Muscle Relaxation techniques are effective in the management of pain, fatigue, nausea-vomit, anxiety and depression in patients with either prostate or breast cancer. This study includes a total of 200 patients with prostate and breast cancer randomly assigned to either a control or intervention group. The intervention group received in total 4 sessions of Guided Imagery (protocol floating on a cloud) and Progressive Muscle Relaxation (breathing exercises and use of 11 groups of muscle progressively tensing and relaxing). Measurements included the assessment of pain, fatigue, nausea-vomit, depression, anxiety and quality of life. Additionally, saliva samples were collected prior and after the sessions as to assess saliva cortisol and saliva α-amylase. The same measurements were received by the patients of the control group as to allow comparisons.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERGuided Imagery and Progressive Muscle Relaxation4 supervised sessions per patient for 4 weeks additional to daily unsupervised sessions

Timeline

Start date
2010-04-01
Primary completion
2011-07-01
Completion
2011-10-01
First posted
2011-01-13
Last updated
2011-11-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Cyprus

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01275872. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.