effectiveness of a group psychoeducational intervention in reducing the level of cancer-related fatigue
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- breast cancer, fatigue.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20180623040193N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Shahre-kord University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 42
Inclusion Criteria
Definite diagnosis of breast cancer for at least 2 month ago
Under outpatient chemotherapy
Age 18-60 years old
Having a hemoglobin of 11 or more
Have reading and writing skills
Lack of metastasis
Lack of any chronic cardiac and respiratory disease and diabetes and absence of severe bone pain and balance problem
Informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
acute respiratory, cardiac or infectious disease
reduce hemoglobin below 11
any mental or physical state that interfere participating in group intervention
patient death
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fatigue. Timepoint: before intervention, immediately after end of intervention, 2 and 4 weeks later. Method of measurement: Fatigue Visual Analogue Scale, cancer fatigue scale, Piper Fatigue scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method