{"title":"[Patient Questionnaire Survey of\"As-Needed\"Medications to Relieve Side Effects and Anxiety for Breast Cancer Chemotherapy].","authors":"Tatsuki Ikeda, Satoru Nihei, Kazuki Saito, Sachiko Shibuya, Kazushige Ishida, Kenzo Kudo","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patients undergoing outpatient cancer chemotherapy are prescribed\"as-needed\"medication(antiemetics, laxatives, and antibiotics)as a form of self-care for early response to side effects. We conducted a questionnaire survey to clarify whether prescribed\"as-needed\"medication contributes to the relief of patients' anxiety about cancer chemotherapy. We obtained responses from 80 breast cancer patients who received neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy from 2019-2021\". As- needed\"medication was used by 68(85.0%)of patients. Fifty patients(73.5%)who used\"as-needed\"medication experienced relief of anxiety associated with chemotherapy. Also, 10 patients(83.3%)who did not use\"as-needed\"medication experienced relief of anxiety associated with chemotherapy\". As-needed\"medication may contribute to the relief of anxiety associated with chemotherapy in breast cancer patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":35588,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy","volume":"51 8","pages":"815-819"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Patients undergoing outpatient cancer chemotherapy are prescribed"as-needed"medication(antiemetics, laxatives, and antibiotics)as a form of self-care for early response to side effects. We conducted a questionnaire survey to clarify whether prescribed"as-needed"medication contributes to the relief of patients' anxiety about cancer chemotherapy. We obtained responses from 80 breast cancer patients who received neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy from 2019-2021". As- needed"medication was used by 68(85.0%)of patients. Fifty patients(73.5%)who used"as-needed"medication experienced relief of anxiety associated with chemotherapy. Also, 10 patients(83.3%)who did not use"as-needed"medication experienced relief of anxiety associated with chemotherapy". As-needed"medication may contribute to the relief of anxiety associated with chemotherapy in breast cancer patients.