Clinical trial NCT06920082: Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercises on Sleep, Fatigue and Pain in Pancreatic and Colon Cancer Patients
Official title: Effects of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercises on Sleep, Fatigue and Pain in Pancreatic and Colon Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pancreatic Cancer
Colon Cancer
Lead sponsor: Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-04-09
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: With regular practice, relaxation has been found to have many benefits such as reducing sensitivity to pain and fatigue, facilitating the transition to sleep, and improving quality of life. Therefore, this study was planned to examine the effects of progressive muscle relaxation exercises applied to pancreatic and colon cancer patients receiving chemotherapy on sleep, fatigue, and pain.

Detailed description: A total of 18 sessions of progressive relaxation were performed, 3 days a week for 6 weeks.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being over 18 years of age
* Being able to communicate adequately
* Not having a psychiatric problem
* Those who are determined by a physician to have no physical obstacle to exercise
* Individuals who can use technological devices
* Patients who have had at least 3 cycles

Exclusion Criteria:

* Those with communication problems
* Those with psychiatric problems
* Patients doing any exercise
* Individuals with phones that do not have a voice recording feature
* Individuals with phones that do not have a WhatsApp feature

Primary outcomes:
measure: Visual Analog Scale
timeFrame: Baseline, pre-intervention (Before progressive muscle relaxation exercises applied)
measure: Visual Analog Scale
timeFrame: After the intervention (After progressive muscle relaxation exercises applied in week 6)
measure: The Piper Fatigue Scale
timeFrame: Baseline, pre-intervention (Before progressive muscle relaxation exercises applied)
measure: The Piper Fatigue Scale
timeFrame: After the intervention (After progressive muscle relaxation exercises applied in week 6)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
timeFrame: Baseline, pre-intervention (Before progressive muscle relaxation exercises applied)
measure: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
timeFrame: After the intervention (After progressive muscle relaxation exercises applied in week 6)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Küçükçekmece
country: Turkey
facility: Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Faculty of Health Sciences
state: İstanbul
Study officials:
affiliation: İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim Üniversitesi
name: Zülfünaz Özer, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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