The Efficacy of Healing Touch Versus Guided Imagery on Pain, Fatigue, Nausea, and Anxiety in Patients' Receiving Outpatient Chemotherapy
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Anxiety Disorder
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Enrollment
- 244
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change scores for each patient on fatigue scale
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This randomized clinical trial studies healing touch or guided imagery in treating pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Healing touch and guided imagery may help treat complications caused by chemotherapy. It is not yet known whether healing touch or guided imagery is more effective in treating pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety in patients undergoing chemotherapy
Detailed Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine if the provision of healing touch or guided imagery during outpatient chemotherapy is associated with decreased pain, fatigue, nausea and anxiety when compared to standard outpatient treatment protocols. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 3 treatment arms. ARM A: Patients receive 30 minutes of healing touch therapy comprising magnetic clearing, pain drains, hands in motion/hands still and mind clearing. ARM B: Patients listen to guided imagery audiotapes for 30 minutes ARM C: Patients receive standard of care.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Adult patients at the outpatient chemotherapy area will be enrolled without consideration for type of cancer or chemotherapeutic agents to be used
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change scores for each patient on fatigue scale
Time Frame: Approximately 6 months
Collected using a 10 point visual analog scale for pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety. Analyzed initially using descriptive statistics. Compared among the 3 groups using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) models and 2-sample t-tests.
Change scores for each patient on anxiety scale
Time Frame: Approximately 6 months
Collected using a 10 point visual analog scale for pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety. Analyzed initially using descriptive statistics. Compared among the 3 groups using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) models and 2-sample t-tests.
Change scores for each patient on pain scale
Time Frame: Approximately 6 months
Collected using a 10 point visual analog scale for pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety. Analyzed initially using descriptive statistics. Compared among the 3 groups using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) models and 2-sample t-tests.
Change scores for each patient on nausea scale
Time Frame: Approximately 6 months
Collected using a 10 point visual analog scale for pain, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety. Analyzed initially using descriptive statistics. Compared among the 3 groups using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) models and 2-sample t-tests.