Effect of Nurse-led Supportive Care on Quality of Life

NCT ID: NCT05399160

Last Updated: 2022-06-30

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

42 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-01-03

Study Completion Date

2022-06-10

Brief Summary

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Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women with a high mortality rate in the world. The several methods are used in the treatment of breast cancer. One or more of these methods can be preferred according to the characteristics of women with breast cancer. Women may experience many different physiological and psychological symptoms during each treatment process.This situation negatively affects the quality of life of women with breast cancer. For this reason, there is a need for an intervention that could improve quality of life in women with breast cancer. In the literature, it is stated that nurse-led supportive care can be an effective nursing intervention to improve the quality of life in women with breast cancer.

Detailed Description

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This an assessor-blinded, parallel group randomized controlled trial aimed that investigating the effect of nurse-led supportive care on quality of life in women with breast cancer. This trial was conducted in the general surgery clinic of training and research hospital located in Turkey. All patients were women who had breast surgery.

Conditions

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Quality of Life

Keywords

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Nurse-led care Quality of life Breast cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Nurse-led Supportive Care Group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Nurse-led Supportive Care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Nurse-led supportive care was given to women who had breast surgery and planned to receive chemotherapy. Nurse-led supportive care was applied to women for eight weeks in the form of face-to-face clinic and telephone interviews.It took an average of 30 minutes to interview women with breast cancer at the clinic, and 15 minutes on average by phone.

Control Group

The control group did not receive any intervention during the study period.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Nurse-led Supportive Care

Nurse-led supportive care was given to women who had breast surgery and planned to receive chemotherapy. Nurse-led supportive care was applied to women for eight weeks in the form of face-to-face clinic and telephone interviews.It took an average of 30 minutes to interview women with breast cancer at the clinic, and 15 minutes on average by phone.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 years and older women,
* Stages II or III breast cancer
* Having breast cancer surgery
* Planned to receive chemotherapy
* Able to use a phone
* Who agreed to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Having communication problems
* Having psychological diseases
* Receiving any supportive care
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Izmir Bakircay University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Pinar Zorba Bahceli, PhD RN

Asistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Izmir Bakircay University Health Sciences Faculty

Izmir, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

References

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Yazicioglu Kucuk B, Zorba Bahceli P. The Effects of Nurse-Led Supportive Care Program on Quality of Life in Women with Breast Cancer Receiving Adjuvant Chemotherapy: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study. Semin Oncol Nurs. 2024 Apr;40(2):151609. doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2024.151609. Epub 2024 Mar 2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38433074 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2021/270

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id