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- Advanced cancer patients often struggle with fatigue and sleep disturbances, and this study aims to create a customized Baduanjin exercise program to help alleviate these symptoms.
- The research will be a randomized controlled trial with 108 participants divided into two groups: one receiving the tailored Simple Sitting Baduanjin (SSBDJ) exercise along with standard care, and another receiving only standard care over a 12-week period.
- If the SSBDJ proves effective, it could become a valuable part of cancer care to improve patients' quality of life by addressing fatigue and sleep issues.
Article Abstract
Background: Advanced cancer patients commonly suffer from a fatigue-sleep disturbance symptom cluster. Baduanjin is considered a promising mind-body exercise for relieving the fatigue-sleep disturbance symptom cluster. However, few studies have investigated a tailored Baduanjin for advanced cancer patients. The proposed study will create an optimized Baduanjin exercise program to adapt to advanced cancer patients and evaluate the effect of a Simple Sitting Baduanjin (SSBDJ) mind-body exercise on the fatigue-sleep disturbance symptom cluster among advanced cancer patients.
Methods: The study will be a prospective, assessor-blinded, two-arm, randomized controlled trial, involving a 12-week intervention and 4-week follow-up. A total of 108 advanced cancer patients experiencing the fatigue-sleep disturbance symptom cluster will be recruited from two tertiary general hospitals in China. Participants will be randomized to an experimental group (n = 54) or a control group (n = 54). The experimental group will receive a 12-week SSBDJ intervention plus the usual care, and the control group will receive only the usual care. Outcomes including fatigue-sleep disturbance symptom cluster, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and quality of life will be measured before the intervention, at the 4th, 8th, and 12th weeks of the intervention, and 4 weeks after the intervention. The intention-to-treat principle and a generalized estimating equation will be used to analyze data.
Discussion: This study may produce a new Baduanjin exercise prescription that is user-friendly, simple to execute, more targeted, and adaptable. If proven effective, this approach may be integrated into routine cancer care to manage the fatigue-sleep disturbance symptom cluster and improve QOL in advanced cancer patients.
Trial Registration: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, ChiCTR-2,300,072,331. Registered on 9 June 2023.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11448021 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12906-024-04652-6 | DOI Listing |
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