investigating chemotherapy anxieties
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women in the world, and it is the first in cancer-related deaths in women all over the world. In the treatment of breast cancer, in addition to surgery, patients with advanced stage or high risk of recurrence receive neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy treatments. This period starts with 3 months and extends according to the treatment protocols it will receive. Since the first diagnosis of breast cancer, it has psychological effects such as intense stress, decrease in quality of life and anxiety as well as physical effects on patients. The time spent in the "waiting room" while patients are examined and receiving treatment before chemotherapy inevitably has an effect on their anxiety. In this study; It was aimed to investigate the effects of environmental factors in waiting rooms on patients' anxiety.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
106
waiting room enriched with music, paintings and artificial plants
Tekirdağ Namık Kemal ÜNiversitesi
Tekirdağ, Turkey (Türkiye)
anxiety and stress measurements
The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) - Measuring anxiety with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
Time frame: 60-120 minutes
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