Kim, S., & Kim, H. (2005). Effects of a relaxation breathing exercise on anxiety, depression, and leukocyte in hemopoietic stem cell transplantation patients. Cancer Nursing, 28, 79–83.
An educated treatment group received the intervention consisting of a 30-minute tape and researcher on relaxation breathing exercise (RBE). The intervention was given every day at 4 pm for six weeks during hospitalization for allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
A randomized controlled trial design was used.
Patients in the RBE group had a mean decrease of 13.3 points in anxiety (p < 0.05).
RBE could be an effective nursing intervention to reduce anxiety in hospitalized patients undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
The study had a small sample size.