The Effect of Breath Exercıse and Reıkı Applıcatıon

NCT06902259 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Bakircay Unversity
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

: This randomised controlled trial was conducted to investigate the effects of breathing exercise and reiki on fatigue and nausea and vomiting symptoms in oncology patients. Data were collected between 1 December 2023 and 30 May 2024, just before the patients started chemotherapy treatment, using data collection forms with a face-to-face interview method of approximately 30 minutes. Since it was thought that there might be case losses during the study, it was decided to take 20 patients for both groups.

Conditions

Reiki; Breath Exercise; Tıredness and Nausea and Vomiting Management

Keywords

reiki; symptom management; breath exercise; oncology patients

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Individual Introductory Information Form

  The Individual Descriptive Information Form was prepared by the researchers in line with the literature information and consists of questions such as socio-demographic characteristics such as age, marital status, chronic diseases, disease history, and type, stage, metastasis status, metastasis site, treatment status, nausea and vomiting \[5-9\].

  4 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Hirai Cancer Fatigue Scale

  4 months

Study Arms (3)

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

Sixty patients, including 20 patients in each group, who met the inclusion criteria were identified. The details of the study were explained to the patients and their consent was obtained. In order to minimise selection bias, a simple random sampling method, the random numbers table, was used and patients were assigned to groups as 20 reiki group, 20 breathing exercise group and 20 control group.

Breathing exercise group

OTHER

Sixty patients, including 20 patients in each group, who met the inclusion criteria were identified. The details of the study were explained to the patients and their consent was obtained. In order to minimise selection bias, a simple random sampling method, the random numbers table, was used and patients were assigned to groups as 20 reiki group, 20 breathing exercise group and 20 control group.

Other: randomised controlled trial

Reiki group

OTHER

Sixty patients, including 20 patients in each group, who met the inclusion criteria were identified. The details of the study were explained to the patients and their consent was obtained. In order to minimise selection bias, a simple random sampling method, the random numbers table, was used and patients were assigned to groups as 20 reiki group, 20 breathing exercise group and 20 control group.

Other: randomised controlled trial

Interventions

randomised controlled trial OTHER

Breathing exercise group: Sixty patients, including 20 patients in each group, who met the inclusion criteria were identified. The details of the study were explained to the patients and their consent was obtained. In order to minimise selection bias, a simple random sampling method, the random numbers table, was used and patients were assigned to groups as 20 reiki group, 20 breathing exercise group and 20 control group. Reiki group: Sixty patients, including 20 patients in each group, who met the inclusion criteria were identified. The details of the study were explained to the patients and their consent was obtained. In order to minimise selection bias, a simple random sampling method, the random numbers table, was used and patients were assigned to groups as 20 reiki group, 20 breathing exercise group and 20 control group.

Breathing exercise group; Reiki group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients who volunteered to participate in the study, were diagnosed with cancer, had symptoms of nausea-vomiting and fatigue, were literate, could communicate, did not have a diagnosis of mental or psychiatric illness, were not hearing or visually impaired, were 18 years of age or older, and were not receiving antiemetic treatment.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients with any other disease related to the gastrointestinal system, any other disease or condition that would prevent them from performing the exercises to be performed for the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Aslıhan ÖZTÜRK ÇETİN: lead

Study Sites (1)

Izmir Bakircay University

Izmir, 35100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Nausea

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Signs and Symptoms, Digestive; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Res. Ass. RN, MSc, PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 24, 2025
• First Posted: March 30, 2025
• Study Start: March 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2024
• Study Completion: December 1, 2024
• Last Updated: March 30, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)