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
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Abstract
Objectives
This study was to evaluate the effects of nurse-led supportive care program on quality of life in women with breast cancer receiving adjuvant chemotherapy.
Methods
The study was carried out a parallel group randomized controlled pilot study with repeated-measures design in general surgery unit of a training and research hospital. Forty-two women with newly diagnosed breast cancer were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. The intervention group received nurse-led supportive care program for 8 weeks, 4 weeks in face-to-face sessions and 4 weeks through phone sessions. The control group received only routine treatment. The women in both groups completed the EORTC-QLQ-C30 (version 3.0) Quality of Life questionnaires at baseline and ninth week.
Results
There was a significant increase in the mean global health status and functional status scores of the women with breast cancer in the intervention group compared to the women in the control group in the ninth week compared to the baseline. The women in the intervention group had a lower mean symptom status score in the ninth week than the women in the control group and there was a statistically significant difference in the change in the mean scores of the groups over time.
Conclusions
Our nurse-led supportive care program is an effective, safe and acceptable method to support women with BC receiving adjuvant chemotherapy.
Implications for Nursing Practice
The nurse-led supportive care program can be used as a reliable and effective nursing intervention to increase the quality of life of women breast cancer receiving adjuvant chemotherapy.
期刊介绍:
Seminars in Oncology Nursing is a unique international journal published six times a year. Each issue offers a multi-faceted overview of a single cancer topic from a selection of expert review articles and disseminates oncology nursing research relevant to patient care, nursing education, management, and policy development.