NCT02977845

Effect of Qigong on the Symptom Clusters of Dyspnea, Fatigue, and Anxiety.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 162 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nam Dinh University of Nursing · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Effects of Qigong on symptom clusters of dyspnea, fatigue, and anxiety in Vietnamese lung cancer patients: A randomized control trial

Detailed description

Background: Patients with lung cancer experience a variety of symptoms. The number of symptoms ranged from 7.8 to 13.2, and most of them were at a moderate level of severity. Dyspnea, fatigue, and anxiety arose as the most problematic symptoms of lung cancer. Non-pharmacological approaches to manage of symptom among lung cancer patients showed either no or mild effects. Qigong is hypothesized to alleviate these adverse outcomes; however, all trial analyzed on a single symptom, and not lung cancer patients, and there have not been many well-designed randomized control trials. The objectives of this study are following: 1) to assess the effect of Qigong on managing dypsnea, fatigue, and anxiety (as a cluster) in lung cancer patients; 2) to explore the effect of Qigong on cough another common symptom linked with dyspnea, fatigue as a cluster and quality of life (QOL) in lung cancer patients. Methods: 156 subjects with lung cancer (stage I - IV) will be randomized to either the Qigong group or the wait-list control group. Participants in the Qigong group will conduct Qigong practice 5 times per week for 6 weeks, and participants in the control group will receive usual care. The primary outcome (dypsnea, fatigue, and anxiety), secondary outcomes (cough and QOL) will be assessed at baseline, post-intervention, and post 6-weeks of follow-up. Discussion: This study will be the first randomized trial to investigate the effectiveness of Qigong for management symptom cluster in lung cancer patients. The finding of this study will help to establish the optimal approach for the care of lung cancer patients.

Conditions

• Lung Cancer, Nonsmall Cell
• Lung Cancer Non-Small Cell Stage 0
• Lung Cancer, Nonsmall Cell, Stage I
• Lung Cancer Non-Small Cell Stage II
• Lung Cancer, Limited Stage Small Cell

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Qigong	Qigong has long been regarded as a form of "mind-body" intervention in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which simultaneously exercises the "mind" and the "body" for treating many chronic diseases and promoting wellness. About a hundred million people are currently practicing Qigong in China. Qigong is now regarded as a form of self-practise mind-body exercise and recently relevant to sports activity, which is officially known as "Health Qigong". It is different from "Medical Qigong" which involves a TCM practitioner to emit "Qi" to heal the patients.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-12-01
• Completion: 2018-06-22
• First posted: 2016-11-30
• Last updated: 2018-06-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong