Pretreatment Instructional Program to reduce Anxiety of Patients Receiving Radiotherapy for the First Time

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Anxiety decrease for patient cancer receiving radiotherapy for the first time.; Malignant neoplasms; C00-C97

• Registration Number: IRCT20220928056054N1
• Lead Sponsor: College of Nursing, University of Baghdad

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 7 February 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 128

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria : patient have ability understand given instruction, be over 18 years of age Having no history psychiatric disorder , Having no history of using psychiatric medicines, Having no history of chemotherapy within the last three months until the study started and a history of radiotherapy.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria : Unable to understand written,Getting chemotherapy along with radiation, Under age 18 years, hearing and visually impaired.

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety reduction for patient cancer receiving radiotherapy for the first time. Timepoint: Timepoint Subjects response to the intervention will be within one week of the first meeting to examine the effectiveness of Instructional Program on patients reduction anxiety by increasing information about the medical condition and treatment. Method of measurement: questionnaire was the state version of STAI (1983) composed of 20 questions, which askedabout the patients’ current feelings in Likert scale (range: 1 [very mild] to 4 [very severe]). Overall, thetotal score of STAI could be between 20 and 80. Given the original inventory, the score ranges of 20–31, 32–53, 54–64, 65–72, and 73–88, respectively correspond with mild, moderate, relatively severe,severe, and very severe anxiety. The validity and reliability of the Spielberger STAI in Iranianpopulation were previously confirmed by Mahram (1993). In this study, the reliability of STAI was0.83 using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Attitude Toward Radition Therpy. Timepoint: Secondary outcome is measured before and after theapplication of intervention within 2 week by ATTITUDE-RT ad hoc scal were measured through a 7-itemscale composed ad hoc asking patients to indicate whetherthey found RT useful, harmful, advantageous, dangerous,pleasant, healthy, or unpleasant, on a 1–10 response scale(not at all to extremely). Items were highly correlated, andgiven the small number of items, Cronbach's a was quitesatisfactory. Method of measurement: Data will be obtained from ATTITUDE-RT ad hoc scal.