Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Conditions
Interventions
This is a two-arm, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical study carried out with patients diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancer undergoing chemotherapy treatment. 52 participants will be recrui
E02.594.540
Sponsors
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients of both sexes and any gender; aged at least 18 years; with gastrointestinal cancer; who will begin treatment with chemotherapy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who have a disorder that makes it impossible to understand and participate in the research; patients who already use the complementary therapy used in the study; patients who have an infectious process or lesion in the ear; refusal to receive laser ear treatment; patients with disease recurrence
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reduction in anxiety scores measured using the instrument: Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI); reduction in scores related to fatigue measured by the Piper Fatigue Scale and reduction in scores related to sleep, using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Physiological parameters will be evaluated during laser auriculotherapy sessions: heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR) and Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP), temperature (T) and oxygen saturation (Sat02), before and after each intervention in all sessions. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactDaniele Vieira Dantas
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Outcome results
None listed