The Effect of Stress Ball Application on Stress, Anxiety and Comfort During Chemotherapy in Women With Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT06460974

Last Updated: 2024-06-14

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

74 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-06-30

Study Completion Date

2024-12-31

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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).

Conditions

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Patients With Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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stress ball group

A stress ball was applied to the patients in the stress ball group during chemotherapy treatment

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

stress ball

Intervention Type OTHER

A stress ball was applied to the patients in the during chemotherapy treatment.

Control group

Standard care without any additional application

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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stress ball

A stress ball was applied to the patients in the during chemotherapy treatment.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 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
* female
* platelet level \>50,000 mm3
* not having any physical problems squeezing a stress ball

Exclusion Criteria

* 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,
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Mersin University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Birgul Vural Dogru

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Birgül VURAL DOĞRU

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Mersin University

Locations

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Mersin University

Mersin, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

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Birgül VURAL DOĞRU

Role: CONTACT

03243610001

Facility Contacts

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Birgül VURAL DOĞRU, Associate Prof.

Role: primary

03243610001

Other Identifiers

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MU-HF-BVD-02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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