PURPOSE To provide evidence-based recommendations to health care providers on
integrative approaches to managing anxiety and depression symptoms in adults living with …

Background: Aromatherapy, massage and reflexology are widely used in palliative care.
Despite this, there are questions about their suitability for inclusion in clinical guidelines. The …

Background: To critically evaluate the effects of massage therapy on cancer pain. Methods:
Nine Chinese and English databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, SCOPUS, Web …

Background: Interventions delivered in palliative care are complex and their evaluation
through qualitative and quantitative research can lead to contrasting results. In a systematic …

Objectives: Comparison of the effects of reflexology and relaxation on pain, anxiety, and
depression, and quality of life (QoL) of patients with cancer. Design: A stratified random …

Objective: Proper pain control in cancer patients is one of the prime needs of metastatic
cancer patients. It is, then, one of the essential objectives of health care workers. The …

Background and purpose The current body of research examining the effectiveness of
reflexology in patients with cancer have predominantly focused on managing physical …

Background As cancer and its therapy comes with a wide range of negative effects, people
look for options to mitigate these effects. Reflexology is among the options of complementary …

Context: Pain is a common symptom associated with cancer and its treatment. The
conventional treatment does not often relieve cancer pain optimally. The complementary …

Aim: This study was conducted in a randomized controlled manner to evaluate the effect of
reflexology on nausea, vomiting, and anxiety due to taxane group chemotherapeutics in …