Multidisciplinary Education in Lung Cancer Patients Who Receiving Chemotherapy Treatment

Completed

• Conditions: Lung Cancer
• Interventions: Behavioral: multidisciplinary education programme; Behavioral: standard education

• Registration Number: NCT01546233
• Lead Sponsor: Rajavithi Hospital

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the fatigue in lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy treatment, between the education programme in self-care a multidisciplinary with the group who received standard care.

Detailed Description

Educate of self-care by Oncology nurses to relieve and prevent the fatigue of cancer chemotherapy, and provide the manual to read at home, take about 15 minutes. By using home exercise program, 30 minutes of physical education. Teaching and demonstration exercises of the muscles to breath and conservation of energy during exercise and record the exercise/walking diary, the nutritional education nutrition counseling, psychiatric assessment,self-care prevention of depression.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2012-03
• Study Start: 2012-03
• Study First Submitted: 2012-03-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-03-06
• Study First Posted: 2012-03-07
• Primary Completion: 2012-09
• Study Completion: 2012-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-07-04
• Last Update Posted: 2016-07-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 45-65 years.
2. Has been diagnosed lung cancer stages 3-4 must be chemotherapy is platinum-based, and had received chemotherapy for at least one time, must be in the range of 2-4 cycles of chemotherapy.
3. Performance status: ECOG 0-1
4. No problem hearing it.
5. Read and write Thai.
6. Be willing to cooperate in research. And signed a joint research

Exclusion Criteria

1. The complications include: high fever, severe nausea and vomiting.
2. Injection drug use in diabetes treatment.
3. Ischemic heart disease with heart arrhythmia and the drug continuously.
4. Is unable to daily living. Caused by defects in movement, and severe osteoarthritis, muscle atrophy, paralysis or walking flat less than 10 meters.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
multidisiplinary self care program	multidisciplinary education programme	Patient with Lung cancer will be participated in group education with multidisiplinary self care program
Conventional education	standard education	Lung cancer patient will be received standard education

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measure fatigue by questionnaires	August 2011 to august 2012 (up to 1 year)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Chemotherapy Unit, Rajavithi Hospital; 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand