cancer. Malignant neoplasm, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: cellphone-based training. Teaching methods: providing patients with an educational cellphone software. Intervention period: a month. Intervention 2: Control group:
Intervention group: cellphone-based training. Teaching methods: providing patients with an educational cellphone software. Intervention period: a month
Control group: providing patients with routin hospital ward education. Intervention period: a month
Sponsors
Vice Chancellor For Research Of Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: the patients have received at least one course of chemotherapy; Patients have cisplatin or cyclophosphamide in the chemotherapy drug list; having a smart phone with the capability of software installation. Exclusion criteria: using other methods like alternative medicine or herbal remedy to control nausea, vomiting and anxiety; any other condition that leads to nausea and vomiting in patients such as intestinal obstruction.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Vomiting. Timepoint: Before and one month after intervention. Method of measurement: East oncology scale.;Nausea. Timepoint: Before and one month after intervention. Method of measurement: Visul analogue scale (VAS).;Anxiety. Timepoint: Before and one month after intervention. Method of measurement: state-trait anxiety inventory. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| -. Timepoint: -. Method of measurement: -. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactSeyedeh Zeynab Alboghobeysh
Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed