Education of self care behaviors in patients undergoing radiotherapy

Not Applicable

Conditions: head and neck cancers.
Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx
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Registration Number: IRCT2015010520559N1

Lead Sponsor: Vice chancellor for research, Mashhad University Of Medical Science

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 66

Inclusion Criteria

1-Age between 18 and 65 2-Patient that Singed Consent Knowingly 3-Decisive diagnose for needing radiotherapy by physician 4-Have no chemotherapy in last three months
5-Radiotherapy for the first time 6-Head and neck radiotherapy 7-Patient or close family not to be in health group 8-Ability to read and write in patient or main caregivers 9-Enough ability for receiving education 10-Having acceptable visual and hearing ability for receiving education
Exclusion criteria: 1- Unwillingness to continue cooperation 2-Stressful events during intervention such as divorce, death in close family and losing job 3-Unstable situation in patient that making impossible to continue participate 4-Receiving information from the other sources apart from intervention during the program(for example participate in other education program or classes) 5-Do not use of provided educational content until the first session of treatment.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety. Timepoint: Before intervention and almost 2 weeks after intervention depending on the time of starting treatment. Method of measurement: Spielberger STAI.;Radiotherapy Side Effects. Timepoint: First, third and fifth week after intervention. Method of measurement: Nail's Self Care Diary.;Self-care behaviors. Timepoint: First, third and fifth week after intervention. Method of measurement: Nail's Self Care Diary.

Secondary Outcome Measures