The Effect of Stress Ball Application on Stress, Anxiety and Comfort During Chemotherapy in Women With Breast Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 74
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- General Comfort Scale
研究概览
简要总结
This research was conducted as a randomized controlled study to determine the effect of stress ball application on stress, anxiety and comfort in women with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy.
详细描述
The research was conducted as a randomized controlled study. A total of 74 patients were randomly assigned to the stress ball group (n=37) and the control group (n=37).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •who is literate in Turkish,
- •who was diagnosed with stage 1, 2 and 3 breast cancer
- •who had the second cure or above chemotherapy receiving treatment
- •over 18 years of age
- •platelet level >50,000 mm3
- •not having any physical problems squeezing a stress ball
排除标准
- •those who did not agree to participate in the study
- •those who received chemotherapy for the first time,
- •those who had any physical disability to squeeze a stress ball
- •Any receiving intravenous treatment from both arms,
- •having had a unilateral or bilateral mastectomy and having a problem squeezing a stress ball,
- •having any psychiatric disease,
结局指标
主要结局
General Comfort Scale
时间窗: 6 months
The scale contains a total of 48 items in a four-point Likert type and consists of four sub-dimensions (physical, psycho-spiritual, environmental, and socio-cultural sub-dimensions).
Distress Thermometer
时间窗: 6 months
Distress level is determined by a visual analog scale ranging from "0-10". Patients express the psychological distress they feel with the numbers on the thermometer; "0 points" means that the patient does not experience any distress, and "10 points" means that the patient experiences the highest level of distress
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
时间窗: 6 months
It evaluates the state of anxiety felt by the individual due to the stressful situation he is in. The first 20 items, consisting of short statements, measure the individual's state anxiety level.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Birgul Vural Dogru
Associate Professor
Mersin University