Hand Massage on Fatigue With Cancer Receiving Brachytherapy

TC Erciyes University

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Hand Massage

Treatments: Behavioral: Hand Massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06056713

815-795

Details and patient eligibility

About

This randomized controlled trial was designed to examine the effect of hand massage on the level of fatigue in patients receiving BT therapy. Randomized controlled trial was conducted in the radioterapi outpatient clinic of university hospital located in a large city in Turkey. When 12 patients were included in each group, it was determined that the power was 90% at the 5% Type I error level, and a total of 24 women with gynecological cancer were included in the study. The primary outcome of this study was the mean difference in fatigue scores between the groups following the three brachtherapy cycles hand intervention. Patient Information Form and Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) used. This study predicted that hand massage applied in each session, starting from the first session of brachytherapy application, would reduce the level of fatigue in women.

Full description

Therefore, this study aimed to compare the effects of hand massage intervention the level of fatigue in patients receiving BT therapy. . This randomized clinical trial was conducted.

Enrollment: 24 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years and over,
• underwent BT regularly
• Patients who volunteered to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Having skin problems
• with metastases,
• have bleeding or coagulation disorders,
• using complementary integrated therapy during the study,
• Having edema or wound in the hand area,
• not wanting to get a massage
• Patients receiving general anesthesia during the procedure

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental Interventions

Experimental group

Description:

Hand massage should be done for 10 minutes, 5 minutes for each hand, before each brachytherapy (3 times in total in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd sessions).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Hand Massage

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group did not receive any intervention during the study period.