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The effect of muscle relaxation and foot reflexology massage on sleep of cancer patients

Effect and Comparison of Progressive Muscle Relaxation and foot reflexology on sleep quality in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20170619034641N4
Enrollment
150
Registered
2018-07-27
Start date
2018-07-23
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-09-11

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Conditions

sleep quality. Other sleep disorders not due to a substance or known physiological condition

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: First intervention group: Progressive muscle relaxation:Patients perform practice relaxation for 4 weeks, two time, daily, each time lasts 20 minutes, preferably on

Sponsors

Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Consent to participate in the study. Complete consciousness. score equal or more than five from the Pittsburgh quality of sleep questionnaire ability of verbal communication undergoing chemotherapy based on treatment protocols. lasting at least one month of chemotherapy history doing at least two chemotherapy sessions. Not having skin wound,Infection and skin disease.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Having coagulation disorder (due to the possibility of producing clots and thromboembolism). No tolerance of the massage. Use of other complementary therapies for improving the sleep

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Sleep quality. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study and Four weeks after the intervention. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh sleep quality questionnaire.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAlireza Abdi

Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

Arabdi@kums.ac.ir+98 83 3827 9394

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026