Translational Medicine
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-1025
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2161-1025
+44 1223 790975
Department of Integrative Medicine and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Research Article
The ICAN Trial-Online Yoga and Mindfulness-Based Recovery Program for Pain Perception, Fatigue and Quality of Life in Children with Chemotherapy during COVID-19: A Pilot Feasibility Study
Author(s): Jyoti Kadyan, Monika Jha, Poonam Joshi, Gautam Sharma*, Aditi P Sinha, Rachna Seth, Sameer Bakhshi, Aman Agarwal and Sriloy Mohanty
Background: Children undergoing chemotherapy for cancer often report fatigue, pain, and other clusters of symptoms. These symptoms are distressing and negatively influence the self-care capacities and quality of life. The pandemic has resulted in overburdening of the healthcare systems stemming from aberrations in the management of non-COVID cases leading to a surge in the need of an alternate system of therapy and its administration. Preliminary studies depict that yoga may improve cancer-related symptoms of pain and fatigue. The video-assisted administration of yoga initiates a whole new era of digitization of yoga services like other e-health modalities, a prime requisite in the pandemic era. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of an online assisted yoga-based intervention in improving cancer-related pain, fatigue, and quality of life in children u.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2161-1025.22.12.276