The Effects of Biofeedback Intervention on Negative Emotions and Sleep Quality in Children With Leukemia Receiving Invasive Procedures and Their Caregivers: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

IF 3.3 2区 医学 Q2 ONCOLOGY
Jing Han, Hong Song, Linlin Wang, Liuna Bi, Feng Yang
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Abstract

Objective: Children with leukemia and their caregivers have negative experiences such as pain, fear, and sleep disturbances when receiving invasive procedures. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a biofeedback intervention on negative emotions and sleep quality for children with leukemia receiving invasive procedures and their caregivers.

Methods: A randomized controlled study involving 80 child-caregiver dyads was conducted, and dyads were randomly assigned to intervention (n = 40) and control (n = 40) groups. Both groups received health education, while the intervention group additionally received a 4-unit biofeedback intervention. Outcome measures compared at baseline (T0), post-intervention (T1), and 4-week follow-up (T2), included validated measures of pain, fear, worry, sleep quality in children, and anxiety, depression, and sleep quality in caregivers.

Results: At T1 and T2, the scores of children's pain and fear in the intervention group were significantly lower than those in the control group (all p < 0.05). The significant group effects on children's pain (F = 6.064, p = 0.015) and fear (F = 15.532, p < 0.001) indicated that the intervention group had significantly lower scores in pain and fear compared to the control group. At T1 and T2, caregivers in the intervention group had significantly lower anxiety scores and significantly higher sleep quality than those in the control group (all p < 0.05). The significant group effects on anxiety (F = 10.124, p = 0.002) and sleep quality (F = 5.983, p = 0.015) suggested that the intervention group had significantly lower scores in anxiety and higher sleep quality in comparison to the control group.

Conclusions: The biofeedback intervention demonstrated significant efficacy in alleviating the pain, and fear experienced by children with leukemia during invasive procedures, concurrently relieving their caregivers' anxiety and improving sleep quality. This research furnishes compelling evidence substantiating the effectiveness of biofeedback interventions in alleviating negative emotions in children with leukemia undergoing invasive treatments, as well as in their caregivers.

Trial registration: ChiCTR2300075306.

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Psycho‐Oncology
Psycho‐Oncology 医学-心理学
CiteScore
6.30
自引率
8.30%
发文量
220
审稿时长
3-8 weeks
期刊介绍: Psycho-Oncology is concerned with the psychological, social, behavioral, and ethical aspects of cancer. This subspeciality addresses the two major psychological dimensions of cancer: the psychological responses of patients to cancer at all stages of the disease, and that of their families and caretakers; and the psychological, behavioral and social factors that may influence the disease process. Psycho-oncology is an area of multi-disciplinary interest and has boundaries with the major specialities in oncology: the clinical disciplines (surgery, medicine, pediatrics, radiotherapy), epidemiology, immunology, endocrinology, biology, pathology, bioethics, palliative care, rehabilitation medicine, clinical trials research and decision making, as well as psychiatry and psychology. This international journal is published twelve times a year and will consider contributions to research of clinical and theoretical interest. Topics covered are wide-ranging and relate to the psychosocial aspects of cancer and AIDS-related tumors, including: epidemiology, quality of life, palliative and supportive care, psychiatry, psychology, sociology, social work, nursing and educational issues. Special reviews are offered from time to time. There is a section reviewing recently published books. A society news section is available for the dissemination of information relating to meetings, conferences and other society-related topics. Summary proceedings of important national and international symposia falling within the aims of the journal are presented.
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