ABSTRACT

Background: Cancer is a major public health concern worldwide both in developed and developing countries majorly affecting the elderly population. Despite improvements in cancer detection and treatment, patient life expectancy has not grown without signs of a decline in quality of life and issues with psychological adaption. Chemotherapy considered as most distressing form of Cancer management, is extensively used for treating advanced stages of cancer along with radiation therapy and surgical approaches. All the cancer treatment leads to different cancer related symptoms of different severity. Drug therapies such as anti-depressant and anti-anxiety medication are becoming more popular approaches to treat cancer related symptoms. But pharmacologic treatments on their own often don’t provide adequate relief for cancer-related symptoms and may cause various side effects. Progressive muscle relaxation is one of the techniques to manage Quality of life. It is involving use of tension and relaxation of 16 different groups of muscles of the body. Cognitive and behavioural techniques are safe treatment options in cancer patients for symptomatic management of cancer related health problems. Methodology: A computer-based search of the psychological and medical electronic literature databases, including Pubmed, Cochrane database, SCIRE, PEDro, CINAHL, EMBASE, Science Direct, Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar. All studies available till June 2021 that fulfilled with the inclusion criteria were included in this review. Results: 16 studies which were Randomized Controlled Trial got included in this review, the quality which was analysed using the Scoring method given by Bigby and Gadenne. On analysing the quality of these studies 12 were found to be of good quality whereas 4 studies were fair in quality. Conclusion: Relaxation technique noted by different articles have shown to be beneficial in reducing the impact of cancer related symptoms in the early or the moderate phase of cancer of the disease immaterial to 3 main treatment option they are undergoing through. More RCT's which are homogeneous in nature are required to reach a concrete conclusion. Keywords: Cancer, breast, prostrate, symptoms, relaxation technique, Quality of life, pain relief, sleep, psychological problems
Publication date: 15/10/2023

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2023/12.10.1055