A study to assess the effect of "orientation programme" on the anxiety level of patients undergoing first time radiotherapy for the treatment of cancer

Completed

• Conditions: diagnosed patients of cancer who are undergoing 1st time radiotherapy

• Registration Number: CTRI/2014/08/004937
• Lead Sponsor: HARPREET KAUR

Brief Summary

The purpose of orientation programme protocol is to reduce the anxiety level of anxiety in patients undergoing 1st time radiotherapy

Hypothesis of the present study are:

**Null Hypothesis (H0)**xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /

There is no significant difference in the anxiety level of patients undergoing 1st time radiotherapy with or without orientation programme at the level of significance 0.05.

**Alternate Hypothesis (HA)**

Orientation programme has significant role in reducing the anxiety of patients undergoing 1st time radiotherapy at the level of significance 0.05.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-12-08
• Last Update Posted: 2014-08-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• •Subjects undergoing 1st time radiotherapy •Subjects who are available during the period of data collection.
• •Subjects who can read English/ Punjabi/ Hindi.

Exclusion Criteria

• Subjects who refuse to participate in the study.
• Subjects undergoing single fraction of radiotherapy -Subjects below 18 years of age.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
reducing anxiety	immediate after radiotherapy

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
N/A	N/A

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Radiotherapy department, Nehru hospital, PGIMER, Chandigarh; 🇮🇳 Chandigarh, CHANDIGARH, India

Radiotherapy department, Nehru hospital, PGIMER, Chandigarh

🇮🇳Chandigarh, CHANDIGARH, India

Harpreet kaur

Principal investigator

09592894745

harpreetkaurpgi@gmail.com