Clinical trial · Interventional
Relaxation Training by Tele-Rehabilitation in Patients With Breast Cancer
Relaxation Training By Tele-Rehabilitation Program In Patients With Breast Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy During COVID-19.
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
With developing treatment methods, oncological rehabilitation has become an important complementary part of cancer treatment. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of tele-rehabilitation has gained importance in terms of access to physical therapy in individuals with breast cancer. Considering the home environment and the patient profile, it is thought that relaxation exercises can be used in the most comfortable and safe way for patients to reduce the side effects of chemotherapy and can be used as home exercises whose effectiveness has been reported in the literature. The purpose of our study; to examine the effects of relaxation exercises performed by tele-rehabilitation on functional capacity, fatigue, emotional state, quality of life, cognitive status, sleep quality and kinesiophobia in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. A total of 64 patients, will randomly be allocated to the exercise group (n = 32) and to the control group (n = 32). Participants will be evaluated at first appoinment and after 6 weeks of intervention. 'Brief Pain Questionnaire' for assessment of pain as assessment methods, 'Fatigue Impact Scale' for fatigue assessment, 'Hospital Anxiety-Depression Scale' for emotional state, 'EORTC QLQ-C30 Quality of Life Scale' for quality of life assessment, 'The FACT-Cog questionnaire' for cognitive state assessment, the' Pitsburg Sleep Quality Scale 'for the measurement of sleep quality, and the' Tampa Kinesophobia Scale 'for the assessment of kinesiophobia will be used.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telerehabilitation-based relaxation exercise group (EG) | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Exercise Group (EG)
- description
- The participants in the EG will perform relaxation exercises in groups of up to 8 people, 3 days a week for 6 weeks via WhatsApp (© 2020 WhatsApp, Inc.) or Zoom (© 2012-2020 Zoom Video Communications, Inc.) applications. Relaxation exercises will be performed with the "Progressive Relaxation Exercises (PRE)" technique defined by Jacobson et al.\[11\] Tele-rehabilitation sessions will last approximately 40 minutes of each, accompanied by a physiotherapist who has 8 years of experience in the field of oncological rehabilitation.
- interventionNames
- Other: Telerehabilitation-based relaxation exercise group (EG)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control Group (CG)
- description
- Participants in this group will have a brochure with simple exercises (relaxation exercises involving the upper and lower extremities) in sitting and lying positions. They will be advised to be as active as possible at home and to take mild walks at home. Any supervised exercise program will not apply to participants in the CG. If the participants apply any regular exercise program within 6 weeks, the participants in this group will be excluded from the study.
Primary outcomes (7)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 65 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Karnofsky performance scale ≥90, * Age between 18-65, * Taxan class chemotherapy program has been planned, * Not having regular exercise habits in the last 6 months, * Patients who gave consent to voluntarily participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Having a communication problem * Standardized mini mental test score ≤23 * Previous chemotherapy treatments * Having a neurological, rheumatological or orthopedic problem that prevents working, * Presence of advanced lymphedema (Stage 3-4), * Recurrence during treatment, * Failing to use technology for tele-rehabilitation.
References
Publications (18)
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