The effect of participation in spiritual groups on quality of life and empowerment in women with breast cancer

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Breast cancer.; Malignant neoplasm of breast

• Registration Number: IRCT2014050417546N2
• Lead Sponsor: Vice chancellor of research of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 74

Inclusion Criteria

1. The age range of 18-60 years. 2. The willingness to participate in the study. 3. Having Reading and literacy. 4. Lack of chronic disease and other types of cancer. 5. Lack of mental illness. 6. Breast cancer as the first time and lack of cancer in other breast or any part of body. 7. Left behind the first meeting of chemotherapy and be in second meeting. 8. No evidence of metastatic breast cancer. 9. Lack of intense depression (got score less than 21 from the Beck questionnaire)
exclusion criteria :1. The absence of two or more session from spiritual groups. 2. Withdrew from continue to cooperation in participate to research (investigation) in each stage of study.
3. The incidence of unexpected and sever physical or mental injuries.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life. Timepoint: before and one month after intervention. Method of measurement: EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-BR23 Questionnaire.;Empowerment. Timepoint: before and one month after intervention. Method of measurement: The Cancer Empowerment Questionnaire.