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Effect of Guided Imagery and Progressive Muscle Relaxation as a Means to Improve the Psychological Well-being and the Quality of Life for Patients With Breast and Prostate Cancer

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Cyprus University of Technology

Status

Completed

Conditions

Breast Cancer
Prostate Cancer

Treatments

Other: Guided Imagery and Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01275872
AC-GIPMR-85

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Guided Imagery and Progressive Muscle Relaxation techniques are effective in the management of pain, fatigue, nausea-vomit, anxiety and depression in patients with either prostate or breast cancer.

This study includes a total of 200 patients with prostate and breast cancer randomly assigned to either a control or intervention group.

The intervention group received in total 4 sessions of Guided Imagery (protocol floating on a cloud) and Progressive Muscle Relaxation (breathing exercises and use of 11 groups of muscle progressively tensing and relaxing).

Measurements included the assessment of pain, fatigue, nausea-vomit, depression, anxiety and quality of life. Additionally, saliva samples were collected prior and after the sessions as to assess saliva cortisol and saliva α-amylase.

The same measurements were received by the patients of the control group as to allow comparisons.

Enrollment

200 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 72 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Clinical diagnosis of breast or prostate cancer
  • Must be able to follow instructions
  • Good cognitive ability
  • Willing to participate

Exclusion criteria

  • Use of cortisone
  • Xerostomia
  • oral mucositis

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

200 participants in 1 patient group

Guided Imagery and Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Experimental group
Treatment:
Other: Guided Imagery and Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Trial contacts and locations

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