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Does Jacobson’s relaxation technique reduce consumption of psychotropic and analgesic drugs in cancer patients? A multicenter pre–post intervention study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, May 2018
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Title
Does Jacobson’s relaxation technique reduce consumption of psychotropic and analgesic drugs in cancer patients? A multicenter pre–post intervention study
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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, May 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12906-018-2200-2
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Paula Parás-Bravo, Cristina Alonso-Blanco, María Paz-Zulueta, Domingo Palacios-Ceña, Carmen María Sarabia-Cobo, Manuel Herrero-Montes, Ester Boixadera-Planas, César Fernández-de-las-Peñas

Abstract

Cancer patients often suffer from emotional distress as a result of the oncological process. The purpose of our study was to determine whether practice of Jacobson's relaxation technique reduced consumption of psychotropic and analgesic drugs in a sample of cancer patients. This was a multicenter pre-post intervention design. Participants were 272 patients aged over 18 years attending 10 Spanish public hospitals with oncological pathologies and anxiety symptoms. The intervention consisted of a protocol of abbreviated progressive muscle relaxation training developed by Bernstein and Borkovec. This was followed up by telephone calls over a 1-month period. The intervention was performed between November 2014 and October 2015. Sociodemographic variables related to the oncological process, mental health variables, and intervention characteristics were measured. A reduction in the consumption of psychotropic and analgesic drugs was observed throughout the follow-up period. Improvement was observed throughout the 4-week follow-up for all the parameters assessed: anxiety, relaxation, concentration, and mastery of the relaxation technique. The practice of abbreviated Jacobson's relaxation technique can help to decrease the consumption of psychotropic and analgesic drugs. Patients experienced positive changes in all the evaluated parameters, at least during the 1-month follow-up. To confirm these findings, additional long-term studies are needed that include control groups. ISRCTN 81335752 , DOI 10.1186/ISRCTN81335752 17. Date of registration: 22/11/2016 (retrospectively registered).

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Unknown 109 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 12 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 7%
Student > Master 8 7%
Other 5 5%
Professor 5 5%
Other 20 18%
Unknown 51 47%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 24 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 7%
Psychology 8 7%
Sports and Recreations 3 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 2%
Other 9 8%
Unknown 55 50%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 May 2018.
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#14,982,922
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#1,852
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#197,038
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#31
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