NCT05360407

The Effect of Mobile Application-based Information About Before and After Surgery

The Effect of Mobile Application-based Information About Before and After Surgery on Anxiety, Distress and Quality of Life of Women With Breast Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 82 (actual)
• Sponsor: Suleyman Demirel University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Aim and hypothesis: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of mobile information given to women before and after breast cancer surgery on anxiety, distress, and quality of life. E-mobile information given to women before and after breast cancer surgery reduces the level of anxiety (I) and the level of distress (II), and positively affects their quality of life (III). Methods: This randomized controlled study was conducted between April and August 2021 in the surgical oncology clinic-outpatient clinics of a university hospital. Patients in the intervention group (n=42) used the mobile information application for one month with routine care. Patients in the control group (n=40) received their routine care. Data were collected with data collection forms one week before and three weeks after surgery.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Using mobile information application about before and after surgery	The mobile application had three sections: Information forum (I), Personal forum (notebook and reminder) (II) and Ask the Researcher (messaging) (III). The information forum (Figure 2) is a section that enables patients to access related articles, pictures, and videos. The personal forum is a section that allows patients to create their notes and use the necessary reminders. Ask the researcher section allows patients to communicate with the researcher via messages. The participants could download the mobile application with the name "Breast Cancer Surgery Information Guide" from the Google Play Store and install it on their phones. Users who were authenticated by the researcher were able to access the content with an e-mail and password.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-01
• Primary completion: 2021-08-30
• Completion: 2021-08-30
• First posted: 2022-05-04
• Last updated: 2022-05-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)