Body Scan Activity on Bone Marrow Transplant Patients and Their Caregivers

The Washington University

Status and phase: Terminated; Phase 1

Conditions: Hematological Malignancy

Treatments: Behavioral: Body Scan; Other: Practice Logs; Other: Rotterdam Symptom Checklist

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03611764

201803060

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will address whether teaching the Body Scan exercise to cancer patients with hematological malignancies and their caregivers during an inpatient hospitalization improves reported physical and psychological symptoms after a two-week period. Giving patients and caregivers the opportunity to learn mindfulness and the tools to practice on their own is expected to lead to a decrease in stress and anxiety, and help empower patients and caregivers to better cope with stress in the future.

Enrollment: 37 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Voluntary & self-selected patients and caregivers
• Located on the leukemia/lymphoma/bone marrow transplant floor at Barnes Jewish Hospital

Exclusion criteria

-Patients requiring a language translator or interpreter will be excluded from the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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37 participants in 1 patient group

Arm 1: Body Scan

Experimental group

Description:

* The mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) of the Body Scan is expected to take 20 minutes * Participants will then be guided through the Body Scan. Beginning with awareness of sensations of the left toe, patients will be asked to observe these sensations without judgment, simply noticing and allowing them. Awareness of sensations will continue up through the left leg, then from the right toe up the right leg, then abdomen and chest, then fingertips to arms, then neck, and finally the head. After completing the Body Scan, participants will be given several minutes of quiet to reflect upon how they feel. After opening their eyes, participants will be given the opportunity to discuss and ask questions. * Caregivers will be encouraged to practice with the patient or on their own, in an additional space on the floor called the Zen Den

Treatment:

Other: Rotterdam Symptom Checklist

Other: Practice Logs

Behavioral: Body Scan