Pancreatic Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
Chemotherapy, Fatigue, Sleep Quality, Physical Activity, Quality of Life
Brief summary
This study will investigate the effectiveness of auricular point acupressure in improving fatigue,sleep quality,physical activity and quality of life in patients with pancreatic cancer under chemotherapy in taiwan. Hypothesis: 1. The fatigue in auricular point acupressure group is significant improving than usual-care group at 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th week. 2. The sleep quality in auricular point acupressure group is significant improving than usual-care group at 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th week. 3. The physical activity in auricular point acupressure group is significant improving than usual-care group at 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th week. 4. The quality of life in auricular point acupressure group is significant improving than usual-care group at 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th week.
Detailed description
This study will investigate the effectiveness of auricular point acupressure in improving fatigue,sleep quality,physical activity and quality of life in patients with pancreatic cancer under chemotherapy in taiwan.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALAuricular Point Acupressure group
A 1-month regimen of auricular point acupressure, comprising usual-care of approximately 15-20 point pressing each time,3 times a day, seven times peer week.
Sponsors
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Paitent who aged over 20, with clear consciousness, is capable of communicating with Chinese, and is able to perform ear acupoints by himself/herself. 2. Pancreatic Cancer patients who received chemotherapy in inpatient and outpatient department. 3. The subject who agrees and is willing to participate in the research after explaining the purpose of the research.
Exclusion criteria
1. Patient who is younger than 20 years old, illiterate, or is unable to cooperate with intervention measures. 2. Patient who is not suitable for ear acupoint pressing after evaluated by the attending physician.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-C30 ) | baseline | This scale was evaluated by self-assessment of various clinical problems for a week.The EORTC QLQ-C30 consists three subscales with 30 questions.The EORTC QLQ-C30 included three subscales: functioning scales (15questions), symptom scales (13 questions), and global health status (2questions). The reliability and validity of Cronbach'α was 0.52-0.89. About the functional scale and the global health status, the higher the total score, the better the quality of life; the lower the score in the symptom scale, the better the quality of life. |
| Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-PAN26 ) | baseline | This scale was evaluated by self-assessment of various clinical problems for a week.The EORTC QLQ-PAN26 consists of two subscales with 26 questions.The EORTC QLQ-PAN26 included two subscales：functioning scales (4 questions),symptom scales (22 questions). The reliability and validity of Cronbach'α was 0.69-0.97. About the functional scale, the higher the total score, the better the quality of life; the lower the score in the symptom scale, the better the quality of life. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fatigue(Brief Fatigue Inventory-Taiwan , BFI-T) | baseline | This scale was evaluated by self-assessment of various clinical problems for 24 hours.The BFI-T have 9 questions. Retest reliability was 0.89-0.91. |
| Sleep quality(Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index ) | baseline | The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) consists of 19 self-rated questions and 5 questions rated by the bed partner or roommate. The reliability and validity of Cronbach'α was 0.83. About lower scores the higher the total score, the better the quality of sleep. |
| Physical Activity(3-d Physical Record;Three-day activity record) | baseline | The design to estimate energy expenditure. Two days could be any day of the week, but the 3rd day had to be either a Saturday or a Sunday. A day was divided into 96 periods of 15 mins each, energy expenditure was qualified on a scale from 1 to 9. |
| Physical Activity(Exercise Counseling and Programming Preferences) | baseline | Exercise preferences were assessed by questions related to exercise counseling and exercise programming. |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed