Relaxation Training by Tele-Rehabilitation in Patients With Breast Cancer

With developing treatment methods, oncological rehabilitation has become an important complementary part of cancer treatment. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of tele-rehabilitation has gained importance in terms of access to physical therapy in individuals with breast cancer. Considering the home environment and the patient profile, it is thought that relaxation exercises can be used in the most comfortable and safe way for patients to reduce the side effects of chemotherapy and can be used as home exercises whose effectiveness has been reported in the literature. The purpose of our study; to examine the effects of relaxation exercises performed by tele-rehabilitation on functional capacity, fatigue, emotional state, quality of life, cognitive status, sleep quality and kinesiophobia in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. A total of 64 patients, will randomly be allocated to the exercise group (n = 32) and to the control group (n = 32). Participants will be evaluated at first appoinment and after 6 weeks of intervention. \'Brief Pain Questionnaire\' for assessment of pain as assessment methods, \'Fatigue Impact Scale\' for fatigue assessment, \'Hospital Anxiety-Depression Scale\' for emotional state, \'EORTC QLQ-C30 Quality of Life Scale\' for quality of life assessment, \'The FACT-Cog questionnaire\' for cognitive state assessment, the\' Pitsburg Sleep Quality Scale \'for the measurement of sleep quality, and the\' Tampa Kinesophobia Scale \'for the assessment of kinesiophobia will be used.