NCT05203029

Effectiveness of Aerobic Exercises and Laughter Yoga Compared With Yoga in Anxiety/Depression Levels in Breast Cancer

Effectiveness of Aerobic Exercises and Laughter Yoga Compared With Yoga in Anxiety and Depression Levels of Breast Cancer Survivors; a Double-blind Three Arm Clinical Trial Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 198 (actual)
• Sponsor: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 20 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

90% of breast cancer survivors experience cancer-related fatigue which decreases the physical activity. Moreover, due to the cancer treatments depression and anxiety will be happened. Previous studies showed the effect of physical activity on reduction of depression and anxiety; therefore the aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of aerobic exercises and laughter yoga compared with yoga in anxiety and depression levels in breast cancer survivors.

Detailed description

204 breast cancer survivors will be randomized to each of these three groups: Group 1, 12 weeks aerobic exercises; Group 2, 12 weeks of laughter yoga; and Group 3, 12 weeks of yoga. To assess the effectiveness of these exercises in depression and anxiety levels, patients will complete the hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) questionnaire before and after the 3-month exercise. For secondary outcomes, patients will complete the following questionnaires before and after the 3-month exercise: 36-item short-form survey (SF-36), Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ), Insomnia Severity Index, Beck's depression inventory-Ⅱ (BDI-Ⅱ), Chalder's chronic fatigue syndrome, and five facet mindfulness questionnaire (FFMQ). The effectiveness of the mentioned exercises in primary and secondary outcomes will be assessed using ANOVA/ANCOVA analysis by adjusting the baseline assessment. Mean difference (MD) and standardized mean difference (SMD) with their 95% confidence interval (CI) will be reported to show the effectiveness of aerobic exercises and laughter yoga compared with yoga in different outcomes.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer Survivors

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Online exercise	Patients in each group will be added to the specific group on Whatsapp, and the schedule and information about the exercise will be explained there. Furthermore, patients will be joined to particular pages on Instagram, and exercises will be performed through Live on that pages. All the patients will exercise for 12 weeks, two or three times every week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-05
• Primary completion: 2022-05-20
• Completion: 2022-07-29
• First posted: 2022-01-24
• Last updated: 2022-08-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iran