Condition 1: Depression. Condition 2: Anxiety. Condition 3: Quality of life. Major depressive disorder, single episode, mild Generalized anxiety disorder Malignant neoplasm without specification of site
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Benson's relaxation technique will be performed once a day (20 minutes) for six weeks. Intervention 2: Control group: The control group will not receive interventio
Sponsors
Kashan University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 59 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Caring for a patient with cancer at the time of the study (i.e. a spouse, a child, a father, or a mother). Age between 20 and less than 60 years. Fluency and ability to read and write in Persian language. Willingness to participate in the study and signing the informed consent form. Not receiving antidepressants and anxiolytic medications at the beginning of the study. Having mild or higher anxiety and depression based on Beck’s depression and the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventories. Having no known cognitive impairment (to this end, the individual, and the patient will be questioned if any physician made him/her a medical diagnosis of mental disorders such as amnesia and Alzheimer disease?)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: A caregiver’s decision to withdraw from the study. Getting any acute illness or conditions requiring medical attention during the study. The occurrence of a critical condition for the caregiver (such as getting an acute illness, being hospitalized, being divorced) so that his/her quality of life is affected. Doing the recommended intervention for less than 5 sessions in a week. Death of a caregiver.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Depression. Timepoint: Before the intervention, the end of the sixth week of intervention, and also four weeks after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: The Beck Depression Inventory.;Anxiety. Timepoint: Before the intervention, the end of the sixth week of intervention, and also four weeks after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: The Spilberger Inventory. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life. Timepoint: Before the intervention, the end of the sixth week of intervention, and also four weeks after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: The Caregiver Quality Of Life index-Cancer scale. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactBahareh Ebrahimi
Kashan University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed