A pilot study to evaluate the feasibility of individualized yoga for inpatient children receiving intensive chemotherapy
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BACKGROUND: Fatigue is an important problem in paediatric cancer patients and yoga may be an effective intervention. The primary objective was to determine the feasibility of individualized yoga for hospitalized children receiving intensive chemotherapy. METHODS: We included English-speaking children and adolescents aged 7-18 years receiving intensive chemotherapy or haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Yoga was conducted three times weekly for three weeks. The primary outcome was feasibility, defined as ability to deliver at least 60% of planned sessions. Secondary outcomes were parent-reported Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Multidimensional Fatigue Scale, Fatigue Scale-Parent, PedsQL Generic Core Scales and PedsQL Acute Cancer Module. RESULTS: Between January and October 2013, 11 patients were enrolled. Median age was 14.0 (range 7.7-16.4) years and 6 (55%) were boys. Yoga was feasible with 10/11 participants meeting the threshold for feasibility. The median number of yoga sessions was 9 (range 3-13). No adverse events were attributed to yoga. Mean±standard deviation for the day 21 proxy-reported PedsQL general fatigue scores was 55.6±15.5. Qualitative comments suggested design changes for future yoga studies. CONCLUSIONS: Individualized yoga is feasible for inpatient children receiving intensive chemotherapy. Future work will include development and conduct of a randomized trial for fatigue amelioration. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02105389.
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Pilot data attest to the feasibility and safety of facility-based yoga during cancer treatment for both adult and pediatric inpatients.
“pilot data attest to the feasibility and safety of facility-based yoga during cancer treatment for both adult36 and pediatric inpatients.37”
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- Authors
- Diorio, C., Schechter, T., Lee, M., O’Sullivan, C., Hesser, T., Tomlinson, D., Piscione, J., Armstrong, C., Tomlinson, G., & Sung, L.
- Affiliations
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Toronto General Hospital (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Sung, Lillian
- Venue
- BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Published
- 2015-01-24
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 2-2
- ISSN
- 1472-6882 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4308944
- OpenAlex
- W1964576199
- Cited by
- 66
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8
- FWCI
- 2.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Keywords
- childhood cancer, chemotherapy-induced fatigue, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, feasibility, hospitalized children, quality of life, complementary therapy
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Antineoplastic Agents, Child, Fatigue, Feasibility Studies, Female, Humans, Inpatients, Male, Neoplasms, Parents, Pilot Projects, Quality of Life, Yoga, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Precision Medicine
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