Anxiety on the First Day of Chemotherapy

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Breast Cancer; Anxiety
• Interventions: Other: waiting room enriched with music, paintings and artificial plants

• Registration Number: NCT04839835
• Lead Sponsor: Namik Kemal University

Brief Summary

investigating chemotherapy anxieties

Detailed Description

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women in the world, and it is the first in cancer-related deaths in women all over the world. In the treatment of breast cancer, in addition to surgery, patients with advanced stage or high risk of recurrence receive neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy treatments. This period starts with 3 months and extends according to the treatment protocols it will receive.

Since the first diagnosis of breast cancer, it has psychological effects such as intense stress, decrease in quality of life and anxiety as well as physical effects on patients. The time spent in the "waiting room" while patients are examined and receiving treatment before chemotherapy inevitably has an effect on their anxiety.

In this study; It was aimed to investigate the effects of environmental factors in waiting rooms on patients' anxiety.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-11-01
• Status Verified: 2021-04
• Study First Submitted: 2021-04-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-04-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-04-07
• Study First Posted: 2021-04-09
• Last Update Posted: 2021-04-09
• Primary Completion: 2021-08-31
• Study Completion: 2022-03-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 106

Inclusion Criteria

• to receive chemotherapy for breast cancer for the first time
• give consent for the study

Exclusion Criteria

• not approving to participate in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
waiting room enriched with art objects	waiting room enriched with music, paintings and artificial plants	waiting room enriched with music, paintings and artificial plants

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
anxiety and stress measurements	60-120 minutes	The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) - Measuring anxiety with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tekirdağ Namık Kemal ÜNiversitesi; 🇹🇷 Tekirdağ, Turkey