Mindfulness Practices versus Acupoints Stimulation on Anxiety, Fatigue and Sleep Quality in Children Undergoing Stem Cell Transplantation

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202407894821147

Enrollment

Registered

2024-07-17

Start date

2024-06-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Cancer Paediatrics

Interventions

mindfulness group

Acupoints stimulation group

control group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children aged 7-17 years From both sexes Have the ability to follow the instructions

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The exclusion criteria were: Having hearing impairment Having history of psychological disorders (i.e., anxiety and stress) or sleep disorders Having injuries in/near the determined acupoints stimulation (i.e., face) Taking anxiolytics, hypnotic-sedative drugs in the past 12 hrs

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC-S) was developed by Spielberger (1972) and adopted by the researchers, to measure transitory anxiety state in children. It consists of 20 sentences related to children feeling at a particular time. Children asks for ratings of agreement on a 3-point scale using the stem “I feel…” for 20 items both indicative of the presence of anxiety (e.g., 1= not upset; 2= upset; 3= very upset) and reverse-worded (e.g., 1= very calm; 2= calm; 3= not calm) items.;Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) (Rossi et al., 2017): The FSS questionnaire developed by Krupp et al., 1989 and contains nine items Likert-scaled measure of fatigue severity and how it affects certain activities during the past week. Answers are scored on a seven-point scale where 1 = strongly disagree and 7 = strongly agree. This means the minimum score possible is nine and the highest is 63. The higher the score, the more severe the fatigue is and the more it affects the person's activities. ;PROMIS Parent Proxy Short Form – Sleep Disturbance 8a (Forrest et al 2018): It is the 8-items form that assesses the sleep quality and perceived difficulties with getting to sleep or staying asleep in children and adolescents in the last 7 days. It included sleep quality, sleep onset, and sleep continuity. Each item on the measure is rated on a 5-point scale (1=never; 2=rarely; 3=sometimes; 4=often; and 5=always) with a range in score from 8 to 40 with higher scores indicating poor sleep quality and greater severity of sleep disturbance. The measure is completed by the parent of the children. Less than 60% good quality, 60 %%- less than 80 fair quality and 80% -100% poor quality	—

Measure

Time frame

State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC-S) was developed by Spielberger (1972) and adopted by the researchers, to measure transitory anxiety state in children. It consists of 20 sentences related to children feeling at a particular time. Children asks for ratings of agreement on a 3-point scale using the stem “I feel…” for 20 items both indicative of the presence of anxiety (e.g., 1= not upset; 2= upset; 3= very upset) and reverse-worded (e.g., 1= very calm; 2= calm; 3= not calm) items.;Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) (Rossi et al., 2017): The FSS questionnaire developed by Krupp et al., 1989 and contains nine items Likert-scaled measure of fatigue severity and how it affects certain activities during the past week. Answers are scored on a seven-point scale where 1 = strongly disagree and 7 = strongly agree. This means the minimum score possible is nine and the highest is 63. The higher the score, the more severe the fatigue is and the more it affects the person's activities. ;PROMIS Parent Proxy Short Form – Sleep Disturbance 8a (Forrest et al 2018): It is the 8-items form that assesses the sleep quality and perceived difficulties with getting to sleep or staying asleep in children and adolescents in the last 7 days. It included sleep quality, sleep onset, and sleep continuity. Each item on the measure is rated on a 5-point scale (1=never; 2=rarely; 3=sometimes; 4=often; and 5=always) with a range in score from 8 to 40 with higher scores indicating poor sleep quality and greater severity of sleep disturbance. The measure is completed by the parent of the children. Less than 60% good quality, 60 %%- less than 80 fair quality and 80% -100% poor quality

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Physiological parameters: blood pressure, pulse and breathing rate.	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactAhmed Bakr

acountant

ahmed.bakr717@yahoo.com00201098547169

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026