West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 1513-7368 16 1 2015 01 01 Effects of Progressive Relaxation Exercises on Anxiety and Comfort of Turkish Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy 217 220 30416 EN Journal Article 1970 01 01 Background: Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in the world and by far the most frequent canceramong women. Objective: This study was conducted to observe the effect of progressive relaxation exercises onanxiety and comfort level of breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Materials and Methods: A controlgroup pre-test/post-test quasi-experimental model was applied with experimental (30) and control (30) groups,who agreed to participate in this study. Data collection was with the “Personnel Information Form, State-TraitAnxiety Inventory and General Comfort Scale”. Results: The average age of the patients that participated inthe study was 49.1±7.96 years. Eighty-three point three percent (n=25) of the patients in the experiment groupand 86.7 (n=26) percent of patients in control group were married. Patient state of anxiety post-test mean scoreswere 36.2±8.21 in the experimental group and 43.4±7.96 in the control group, the difference being statisticallysignificant (p<0.05). The general comfort scale post-test mean scores were 149.5±13.9 in the experimental groupand 137.7±15.0 in the control group, again statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusions: Progressive relaxationexercises positively affect patient comfort and anxiety levels in Turkey.

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