Effectiveness of Auricular Point Acupressure in Improving Fatigue, Sleep Quality, Physical Activity and Quality of Life in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Under Chemotherapy
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Sponsor
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
- Enrollment
- 80
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-PAN26 )
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study will investigate the effectiveness of auricular point acupressure in improving fatigue,sleep quality,physical activity and quality of life in patients with pancreatic cancer under chemotherapy in taiwan.
Hypothesis:
- The fatigue in auricular point acupressure group is significant improving than usual-care group at 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th week.
- The sleep quality in auricular point acupressure group is significant improving than usual-care group at 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th week.
- The physical activity in auricular point acupressure group is significant improving than usual-care group at 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th week.
- The quality of life in auricular point acupressure group is significant improving than usual-care group at 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th week.
Detailed Description
This study will investigate the effectiveness of auricular point acupressure in improving fatigue,sleep quality,physical activity and quality of life in patients with pancreatic cancer under chemotherapy in taiwan.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Paitent who aged over 20, with clear consciousness, is capable of communicating with Chinese, and is able to perform ear acupoints by himself/herself.
- •Pancreatic Cancer patients who received chemotherapy in inpatient and outpatient department.
- •The subject who agrees and is willing to participate in the research after explaining the purpose of the research.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patient who is younger than 20 years old, illiterate, or is unable to cooperate with intervention measures.
- •Patient who is not suitable for ear acupoint pressing after evaluated by the attending physician.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-PAN26 )
Time Frame: 4th week after recruited
This scale was evaluated by self-assessment of various clinical problems for a week.The EORTC QLQ-PAN26 consists of two subscales with 26 questions.The EORTC QLQ-PAN26 included two subscales：functioning scales (4 questions),symptom scales (22 questions). The reliability and validity of Cronbach'α was 0.69-0.97. About the functional scale, the higher the total score, the better the quality of life; the lower the score in the symptom scale, the better the quality of life.
Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-C30 )
Time Frame: 4th week after recruited
This scale was evaluated by self-assessment of various clinical problems for a week.The EORTC QLQ-C30 consists three subscales with 30 questions.The EORTC QLQ-C30 included three subscales: functioning scales (15questions), symptom scales (13 questions), and global health status (2questions). The reliability and validity of Cronbach'α was 0.52-0.89. About the functional scale and the global health status, the higher the total score, the better the quality of life; the lower the score in the symptom scale, the better the quality of life.
Secondary Outcomes
- Fatigue(Brief Fatigue Inventory-Taiwan , BFI-T)(4th week after recruited)
- Physical Activity(3-d Physical Record;Three-day activity record)(4th week after recruited)
- Sleep quality(Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index )(4th week after recruited)
- Physical Activity(Exercise Counseling and Programming Preferences)(baseline)