The influence of massage therapy on depression, anxiety and severity of nausea and vomiting in patient with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy
- Conditions
- Breast cancer.Malignant neoplasm of breast
- Registration Number
- IRCT138903244138N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Ahwaz university of medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 34
Inclusion criteria 1 - All patients received at least one cycle of chemotherapy. 2 – had some degree of anxiety and depression. 3 -complaining from nausea and vomiting after chemotherapy. 4. All the patients to receive ACTAXOL regimen. 5. be fluent in Farsi. Exclusion criteria 1 - any disease or condition that cause nausea and vomiting, such as intestinal obstruction, metastasis to the gastrointestinal tract and central nervous system, etc. 2 - Patients with chronic history of mental problems (such as chronic depression and anxiety, and use of antipsychotics). 3 -Patients who are using psychiatric drugs. 4 - use of chemotherapy with radiotherapy. 5 - use of other methods of alternative medicine or herbal treatments to control nausea and vomiting, depression and anxiety during the study. 6 - Ill patients that are unable to answer questions. 7. Any tumors, ulcers, burns, skin lesion in the lumbar area that may interfere with proper conduction of the massage
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anxiety. Timepoint: 24 hour. Method of measurement: Spillburger Anxiety questionnaire.;Depression. Timepoint: 24 hour. Method of measurement: Beck depression questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ausea. Timepoint: 24 hour. Method of measurement: VAS questionnaire.;Vomitting. Timepoint: 24 hour. Method of measurement: form of number of vomitting.