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Efficacy Of Child Yoga Programme on Quality of Life of Pediatric Oncology Patients.

NCT04932720 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2021-08-13

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Summary

Pediatric oncology patients experience physical and psycho-social symptoms that negatively affect their quality of life during treatment. "Yoga" practices, known as a unique physical activity that combines mind-body awareness and breathing exercises to improve the quality of life of pediatric oncology patients, have recently become popular.

The study was conducted experimentally in the form of pre-test and post-test with 30 controls, 30 experimental group children who were treated in the Pediatric Oncology / Hematology service of a university hospital and their parents, in order to investigate the effect of children's yoga program on the quality of life of pediatric oncology patients. Ethics committee, institutional and parental consent was obtained. Data were collected using a questionnaire form and the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory "PedsQL (4.0)". Participants filled out the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory "PedsQL (4.0)" Child and Parent Form before the 3-week (6 sessions) yoga program and salivary cortisol samples were taken from the children. These procedures were repeated after the yoga program. Anova test and "Paired sample t" test were used among statistical analysis methods. Statistical significance was accepted as p \<0.05.

Conditions

  • Pediatric Cancer

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

chıld yoga programme

Yoga sessions were in the form of 6 sessions and were held as 2 sessions per week. The program was given by an expert yoga instructor who has an international "Yoga Alliance" approved child and adolescent yoga certificate.Consisting of the components of Hatha Yoga (HY), one of the yoga types known and widely practiced all over the world; Sessions consisting of asanas (yoga postures), pranayamas (breathing techniques), relaxation, relaxation exercises and meditation were prepared. Sessions are 45 minutes; For those who are new to yoga for the first 15 minutes; mental and physical preparation; asanas, pranayamas were taught, drama followed by breathing exercises and asanas in the next 30 minutes, relaxation techniques (imaginary journey) and meditation in the last 15 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cukurova University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Şenay Çetinkaya · Cukurova University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-19
Primary Completion
2021-05-19
Completion
2021-05-19

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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