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Box Breathing Versus Foot Reflexology on Physiological and Psychological Stress Indicators in Emergency Physicians

NCT07705854 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 54

Last updated 2026-07-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to compare between the effect of box breathing and foot reflexology on physiological and psychological stress indicators in emergency physicians.

Conditions

  • Stress

Interventions

OTHER

Box Breathing

Participants will perform box breathing exercises daily for 4 weeks. Each session will last 5 minutes and will be performed three times per day. Participants will receive supervised sessions three days per week and will perform the remaining sessions as a

OTHER

Foot Reflexology

Participants will receive foot reflexology sessions three times per week for 4 weeks. Reflexology will be performed with the participant in a comfortable supine position and will include general stimulation of plantar reflex points followed by targeted pressure applied to the solar plexus and adrenal gland reflex areas of both feet.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hany Ezzat Obaya, PhD · Professor, Cairo University

  • Mohamed Ahmed Khatab, PhD · Professor, Ain Shams University

  • Salma Ibrahim Al Ghitany, PhD · Lecturer, Cairo University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-07-20
Primary Completion
2026-09-20
Completion
2026-09-30

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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