The Effect of Breathing Exercise on Sleep and Stress Levels in Women With Breast Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy Treatment

NCT06318455 — Not applicable, Completed, 65 participants, University of Yalova

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İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa

Registry	NCT06318455
Status	Completed
Phase	Not applicable
Study type	Interventional; randomized, parallel, masking: none, supportive care
Enrollment	65 (Actual)
Sponsor	University of Yalova (Other)
Conditions	Women Receiving Chemotherapy, Poor Quality Sleep, Breast Cancer Stage II
Interventions	Breathing exercise (Other)
Dates	start 2023-11-01, primary completion 2024-04-30, completion 2024-04-30, first posted 2024-03-19, last updated 2025-03-07
Locations	1 site in Turkey (Türkiye)

-Summary

Women receiving chemotherapy have poor sleep quality and high stress levels. With a method such as breathing exercise, which can be applied at any time without side effects, positive improvements in women's sleep and stress levels can be recorded.

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+Detailed description

+Arms and interventions

Arm	Type	Interventions	Description
breathing exercise group	Experimental	Other: Breathing exercise	breathing exercise group: make breathing exercise for 12 weeks
control group	No intervention		control group: continue standart treartment

Breathing exercise (Other), also known as breathing and control group: For 12 weeks they will do kumbaka breathing exercise for 5 minutes twice a day in the morning and evening

+Outcome measures

Primary outcomes

anxiety state scale [12 weeks]: anxiety state scale point min:0 max:63)

+Eligibility

Sex: Female, ages: 18 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion Criteria:

* women receiving chemotherapy women with poor sleep quality 18 years of age and above women with high stress levels

Exclusion Criteria:

* who do not want to participate

+Locations (1)

Facility	City	Country	Status
University of İstanbul-cerrahpaşa (IUC)	Istanbul	Turkey (Türkiye)

+Investigators

Gürcan Solmaz, PhD, Study chair, İstanbulUniversity-Cerrahpaşa
Gürcan Solmaz, PhD, Study chair, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa