A comparative study of the effect of acupressure and guided imagery on radiotherapy-induced fatigue in cancer patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Condition 1: colon Cancer. Condition 2: breast cancer.Malignant neoplasm of colonMalignant neoplasm of breast
- Registration Number
- IRCT20230310057669N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 90
Inclusion Criteria
Age above 18 years
Patients with breast and colorectal cancer and treated with radiotherapy
Ability to read and write
No vision and hearing impairment
No amputations or wounds in the place of pressure points
Having degrees of fatigue based on short fatigue questionnaire
The patient has stage 1-3 cancer
The ability to communicate and speak Persian
Exclusion Criteria
Having nervous and mental diseases
The samples have already been subjected to acupressure intervention or guided visualization
Increasing stage of cancer
Dissatisfaction with participating in the research
Inability to continue participating in the study for any reason (need for special care, death)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fatigue score in short fatigue questionnaire. Timepoint: Patient fatigue is measured before intervention and after 10 intervention sessions. Method of measurement: Short fatigue questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method