The aim of this study is to determine the effect of mandala application on fatigue, quality of life, rumination and alexithymia in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
A randomized controlled study on the effect of mandala application on cancer related fatigue, quality of life, rumination and alexithymia in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy has not been found in the literature. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of mandala application on fatigue, quality of life, rumination and alexithymia in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
90
To the experimental group; Mandala practice will be done for 2 hours, once a week for 8 weeks.
Sultan Abdülhamid Training and Research Hospital
Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
RECRUITINGlevel of quality of life
Level of quality of life as assessed by the Quality of Life Scale for the Treatment and Research of Cancer (min:0, max:100,with higher values indicating a higher functioning in functional scales and an increased presence of symptoms in symptom scales)
Time frame: 1 week
level of fatigue
level of fatigue assessed by the Piper Fatigue Scale (min:0, max, 100, higher values means higher fatigue)
Time frame: 1 week
level of alexithymia
level of alexithymia assessed by Toronto Alexythimia Scale (higher values means more alexithymic)
Time frame: 1 week
level of rumination
level of rumination assessed by ruminative thought scale (higher values means more ruminative thought)
Time frame: 1 week
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