NCT07797608Not yet recruiting
Effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation on Parental Anxiety
The Effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercises on Anxiety Among Parents of Children With Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 9 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 112 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 10 Aug 2026
- Start date
- 15 Aug 2026
- Primary completion date
- 20 Jul 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Akdeniz University
- Diseases
- Childhood cancers
- NCT number
- NCT07797608
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 112
- From 15 Aug 2026 to the primary completion date, 20 Jul 2027
- No sites listed in no country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other
- Not meeting any of the inclusion criteria
- Withdrawing consent at any time
Who the study is looking for
- Being the parent and primary caregiver of a child diagnosed with cancer
- The child having been diagnosed with cancer within the previous 12 months
- The child currently receiving inpatient treatment in the study clinic
- Being able to communicate without hearing or speech-related barriers
- Being able to understand and answer the study questions
- Providing written informed consent
Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
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