NCT01593657

Mindful Movement and Breathing to Improve Outcomes of Gynecologic Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this clinical trial is to understand if women undergoing surgery for a suspected gynecologic malignancy are interested in participating in a Mindful Movement and Breathing program and what the effects of this program are on women and the surgery-related symptoms they experience. Mindful Movement and Breathing programs may be effective for easing distress, post-surgical pain, and other symptoms of surgical procedures.

Conditions

• Gynecologic Malignancy
• Abdominal Surgery by Laparotomy
• Pain
• Psychological Distress
• Lung Function
• Surgical Complications

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Mindful Movement and Breathing program	Participate Mindful Movement and Breathing program with an experienced yoga instructor. All movements can be done while in a bed (e.g. turning head, shrugging shoulders, bending knees, etc). Each session lasts approximately 15 minutes.
OTHER	Questionnaire administration	Collected at baseline (before surgery), before and after each YST session, and at follow-up (two days after surgery).
PROCEDURE	The Observer Mobility Scale	Conducted by nurse and study coordinator prior to surgery and two days after surgery to assess mobility. Will ask patient to turn, sit, stand and walk as they are able.
PROCEDURE	Volumetric Incentive Spirometry	Conducted twice before and after each Mindful Movement and Breathing program to measure lung function. Mean of the two readings used.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-05-01
• Primary completion: 2013-03-01
• Completion: 2013-03-01
• First posted: 2012-05-08
• Last updated: 2018-07-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States