An interventional study of Progressive Muscle Relaxation in Parent, Anxiety and Cancer, sponsored by Akdeniz University. Not yet recruiting. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-09.
Sponsored by Akdeniz University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effect of progressive muscle relaxation exercises on anxiety levels among parents who are the primary caregivers of children diagnosed with cancer and receiving inpatient treatment. A total of 112 parents will be randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group. Parents in the intervention group will participate in researcher-led progressive muscle relaxation sessions. Anxiety will be assessed using the State Anxiety Inventory (STAI-I). The study will be conducted at the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Clinic of Akdeniz University Hospital in Antalya, Türkiye.
Parents of children diagnosed with cancer may experience substantial anxiety throughout their child's diagnosis and treatment. Progressive muscle relaxation is a nonpharmacological technique involving the systematic tensing and relaxing of major muscle groups combined with deep breathing. Eligible parents will be randomly allocated in equal numbers to the intervention or control group using a computer-generated randomization sequence. The intervention will be delivered individually in a private clinical education room. Participants will progressively tense and relax the muscles of the face, neck, shoulders, chest, abdomen, legs, and feet. Each muscle group will be tensed for 5 seconds and relaxed for 10 seconds while participants practice deep breathing and visualize a wave of relaxation throughout the body. Anxiety will be assessed using the State Anxiety Inventory (STAI-I), and changes in anxiety scores will be compared between the groups.
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This study's planned enrollment of 112 is above the median of 60 across 7,703 interventional studies indexed under Neoplasms.
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Compared within Neoplasms, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Anxiety Disorders. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →
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Participants will receive two individual progressive muscle relaxation sessions in a private clinical education room over two weeks. Each session will last approximately 15 minutes and will be conducted once weekly.
Behavioral: Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Participants in the control group will receive routine care provided by the clinic and will not participate in progressive muscle relaxation sessions during the study period.
Participants will receive routine clinical care and will not participate in progressive muscle relaxation sessions during the study period.
Change in State Anxiety
State anxiety will be measured using the State Anxiety subscale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S). The subscale contains 20 items and yields a total score ranging from 20 to 80. Higher scores indicate higher state anxiety.
Time frame: 2 weeks
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Start is estimated for Aug 2026; primary completion for Jul 2027, 11 months later.
Of 1,981 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Neoplasms, half reached primary completion within 29 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 13 and three quarters within 52. This study's planned 11 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 2,056 studies reached it within 29 months; a quarter within 13 and three quarters within 52.
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