Study on Symptom Clusters During Chemotherapy in Ovarian Cancer Patients With Different Chinese Medicine Constitution

N/AUnknownNCT06222008

Yandi Zhu40 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this observational study is to learn about in Patients treated with postoperative chemotherapy for ovarian tumors. The main questions it aims to answer are: • \[What symptom clusters are present in patients treated with postoperative chemotherapy for ovarian tumors\] • \[Are there differences in symptom clusters for patients with different TCM body types\] Participants will \[complete questionnaires prior to the start of chemotherapy and after the 1st, 3rd, and 6th chemotherapy treatments\].

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Ovarian Cancer Radiotherapy Side Effect Symptom Cluster

Interventions

no InterventionOTHER

Observational study, no intervention

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Pathologic diagnosis of ovarian cancer, the treatment plan adopts surgery combined with chemotherapy. Age ≥ 18 years old, know the real situation of the disease, the expected survival period \> 1 year. General condition is good, no history of psychiatric disease, no serious heart, brain, liver, kidney function abnormality. Informed consent and voluntarily participate in this study. Exclusion Criteria: those who have other tumors or whose diagnosis is unclear. those who cannot communicate properly, understand the questionnaire or complete the scale assessment. those who receive additional psychological interventions during the study period.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Chemotherapy Symptoms

Symptoms during chemotherapy,Examples include nausea, vomiting, hair loss, fatigue , etc.

Time frame: Average 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

Chemotherapy symptom clusters

The internal consistency, content validity, and validity of the scale were verified by combining the 13 core symptom items in the Chinese Version of the M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI-C) with the 9 ovarian cancer-specific symptoms. All entries (22) are numbered "0" to "10" to represent the degree of symptoms from "nonexistent" to "worst imaginable", and the symptoms assessed ranged from "nonexistent" to "worst imaginable". "The onset of the assessed symptoms was limited to the last 24 hours.