Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy
Conditions
Keywords
life quality mindfulness psychological resilience symptom management
Brief summary
Implementation of awareness-based stress reduction program in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and examining its effects on psychological resilience, symptom management and quality of life.
Detailed description
The conscious awareness-based stress reduction program is a program that lasts eight weeks, each session lasting 2-2.5 hours and including a 6-hour silence day. In order to apply the mindfulness stress reduction program to the experimental group, the 'Conscious Awareness Stress Reduction Program day and time were determined for 30 breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy who met the inclusion criteria and were sampled. It was applied to the patients in the experimental group, once a week for 150 minutes, lasting 8 weeks, and consisting of 8 times in total. Then, an intermediate test was applied to the patients. After the interim test, patients were asked to repeat the It applications individually for 8 weeks (between weeks 8-16). In addition, after It was applied to the patients in the experimental group by the researcher, the 'Conscious Awareness Stress Reduction Program booklet prepared by the researcher was given to the patients in order to provide a guide for the patients in the experimental group. During the implementation of the research, no intervention was applied to the control group.
Interventions
OTHERMindfulness: Awareness-Based Stress Reduction Program
The mindfulness-based stress reduction program was applied to the patients in the experimental group once a week, for 150 minutes, for 8 weeks and 8 times in total. Then, an intermediate test is applied to the patients. After the interim test, patients are asked to repeat the mindfulness-based stress reduction program individually for 8 weeks (between weeks 8-16). In addition, after the conscious awareness-based stress reduction program is applied to the patients in the experimental group by the researcher, the 'Conscious Awareness-Based Stress Reduction Program' booklet prepared by the researcher is given to the patients as a guide. experimental group.
Sponsors
Firat University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Intervention model description
This study is an exprimental study with pre-test, intermediate test and post-test control groups.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Being over 18 years of age * Ability to communicate adequately * No psychiatric problems * Implementation of the Awareness-Based Stress Reduction Program is an obstacle * Volunteering to participate in the research
Exclusion criteria
* Those who have communication problems * Those with psychiatric problems * Not agreeing to participate in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ESTO SYMPTOM DIAGNOSIS SCALE | At the end of Sessions 16 ( each Session 1 days a week) | The scale includes problems such as pain, fatigue, nausea, sadness, anxiety, insomnia, loss of appetite, feeling of well-being and shortness of breath. The severity of each symptom is evaluated with numerical scores from 0 to 10. The most important rule in evaluating the symptom is that the patient marks the number indicating the severity of the symptom according to his/her own statement. The patient is asked to match the symptoms he/she experiences with a number between 0-10 that he/she thinks best fits him/her. A score of 0 on the scale indicates that there is no symptom, while a score of 10 indicates that the symptom is experienced very severely. |
| EORTC QLQ-C 30 Quality of Life Scale | At the end of Sessions 16 ( each Session 1 days a week) | It consists of 30 questions with three subscales: general well-being (questions 29, 30), functional difficulties (questions 1-7, 20-27) and symptom control (questions 8-19 and 28). The first 28 items in the scale are four-point Likert. Not at all: 1, A little: 2, Quite a bit: 3, A lot: 4 points. These items are questions regarding symptoms and functional domain. Low scores on these items indicate high quality of life, while high scores indicate low quality of life. |
| Brief Psychological Resilience Scale | At the end of Sessions 16 ( each Session 1 days a week) | It is a 5-point Likert type, 6-item, self-report measurement tool. It has an answer key of Not at all appropriate (1), Not Applicable (2), Somewhat Appropriate (3), Appropriate (4), Completely Appropriate. Items 2, 4, and 6 in the scale are reverse coded. High scores obtained after translating the reverse coded items indicate a high level of psychological resilience. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed