NCT04480229

Telenursing and Breast Cancer: The Turkish Case

A Randomized Controlled Study on the Influence of Telenursing Services to the Chemotherapy Treatment of Breast Cancer Patients: The Turkish Case

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 96 (actual)
• Sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gulhane Tip Fakultesi · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of telenursing services on chemotherapy symptoms and comfort levels in patients with breast cancer in Turkey.

Detailed description

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of telenursing services on chemotherapy symptoms and comfort levels in patients with breast cancer in Turkey. The study employs an experimental research methodology with a sample of 96 ambulatory patients (48 experimental, 48 control) who were receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer for the first time in a state hospital. Research data were collected by using "Patient Information Form", "Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale", "General Comfort Questionnaire, "Symptoms Follow-up Form", and "Telephone Call Form". The experimental group received telenursing service every week until the end of the four-cycle chemotherapy treatment, which started one week after the first treatment. The control group did not receive any intervention. Investigators analyzed data with SPSS 15.0 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) with comparative statistical methods of MannWhitney U Test, Chi-Square Test, One Way Analysis of Variance in Repeated Measurements, and Pearson Correlation.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer Female

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Telenursing and Counseling	After the first face-to-face training, counseling on the phone was conducted every week for four cycles of chemotherapy treatment. In total, six counseling sessions and four face-to-face training sessions were conducted for each patient.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-05-06
• Primary completion: 2017-06-20
• Completion: 2017-06-22
• First posted: 2020-07-21
• Last updated: 2020-07-21