NCT06584019

The Effect of Range of Motion (ROM) exercıses on Comfort Level and vıtal sıgns

The Effect of Range of Motion (ROM) Exercises Applied to Oncology Patients in the 6-12 Years Group on the Comfort Level and Vital Signs

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul Medipol University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This experimental study aims to examine the effects of ROM (Range of Motion) exercises on comfort level and vital signs in children diagnosed with cancer.

Detailed description

The sample of the study consisted of a total of 60 oncology patient children, 30 in the experimental group and 30 in the control group, between the ages of 6-12, who were hospitalized in the Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Unit and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Service of a state hospital. The data of the study were collected with the "Data Collection Form", "Life Findings Table" and "Comfort Scale in Children". Range of motion exercise applications continued once a day for 5 days a week for approximately 20 minutes. Fever, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, pain and comfort levels of the children were measured before and after the exercise. In the study, it was investigated whether Range of motion exercises have an effect on vital signs and comfort levels of children with cancer.

Conditions

• Children With Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Range Of Motion applied group	Range Of Motion was applied once a day for approximately 20 minutes for 5 days.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-05-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-30
• Completion: 2024-07-01
• First posted: 2024-09-04
• Last updated: 2024-09-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)