Tiredness and Nausea and Vomiting Management in Oncology Patients

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi60 enrolled

Overview

This randomised controlled trial will investigate the effects of breathing exercises and Reiki on fatigue and nausea-vomiting symptoms in oncology patients. Data will be collected through face-to-face interviews using structured forms before the start of chemotherapy. To account for possible losses, 20 patients will be included in each intervention group.

Objective: This study aims to investigate the effects of breathing exercises and reiki on symptoms of fatigue, nausea, and vomiting. Experimental procedure: This randomised controlled trial will be conducted to investigate the effects of breathing exercises and reiki on symptoms of fatigue, nausea, and vomiting in oncology patients. Data will be collected using data collection forms during approximately 30-minute face-to-face interviews immediately before patients begin chemotherapy treatment. Considering that there may be case losses during the study, it was decided to include 20 patients in each group.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Cancer Fatigue Nausea

Interventions

breathing exercise groupOTHER

Oncology patients with nausea, vomiting and fatigue were given breathing exercises throughout the treatment.

reiki groupOTHER

Oncology patients with nausea, vomiting and fatigue received reiki throughout the treatment.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Patients who volunteered to participate in the study, were diagnosed with cancer, had symptoms of nausea-vomiting and fatigue, were literate, could communicate, did not have a diagnosis of mental or psychiatric illness, were not hearing or visually impaired, were 18 years of age or older, and were not receiving antiemetic treatment. \- Exclusion Criteria:Patients with any other disease related to the gastrointestinal system, any other disease or condition that would prevent them from performing the exercises to be performed for the study. \-

Locations (1)

Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Individual Introductory Information Form

It was consists of questions such as socio-demographic characteristics such as age, marital status, chronic diseases, disease history, and type, stage, metastasis status, metastasis site, treatment status, nausea and vomiting

Time frame: 6 WEEKS

Hirai Cancer Fatigue Scale

The scale measures fatigue in cancer patients and is 5-point Likert type. The minimum value of the scale is 15 and the maximum value is 75. High scores on the scale indicate increased fatigue and low scores indicate decreased fatigue.The Cronbach Alpha value of the original scale was found to be 0.943.

Time frame: 6 WEEKS

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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