Alexithymia, Cancer, Chemotherapy Effect, Fatigue, Quality of Life, Rumination
Conditions
Keywords
cancer, Chemotherapy Effect, Fatigue, Quality of Life, Rumination, Alexithymia
Brief summary
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.
Detailed description
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.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALArt based mandala
To the experimental group; Mandala practice will be done for 2 hours, once a week for 8 weeks.
Sponsors
Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE (Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 18 years or older * Conscious and no communication problems * Being literate * Having a cancer diagnosis * Receiving chemotherapy treatment (planned to continue treatment for 8 more weeks) * Willing to participate in our study voluntarily
Exclusion criteria
* Not being willing to participate in the research * Desire to leave the study at any time * Deterioration of compliance with the working criteria during the time of the study, * Those who do not participate in up to four mandala applications during the study period * Those who cannot use a pen * Those with a diagnosis of psychiatric and neurological disease * Patients who are scheduled for drug intervention, radiotherapy, surgery other than chemotherapy within 8 weeks
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| level of quality of life | 1 week | 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) |
| level of fatigue | 1 week | level of fatigue assessed by the Piper Fatigue Scale (min:0, max, 100, higher values means higher fatigue) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| level of alexithymia | 1 week | level of alexithymia assessed by Toronto Alexythimia Scale (higher values means more alexithymic) |
| level of rumination | 1 week | level of rumination assessed by ruminative thought scale (higher values means more ruminative thought) |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Contacts
Primary ContactElif Yıldırım Ayaz, M.D.
Outcome results
None listed