Investigation of the Effect of Training on the Side Effects of Chemotherapy Given Via the Mobile Health Application on the Quality of Life in Colorectal Cancer Patients

Trial Title: Investigation of the Effect of Training on the Side Effects of Chemotherapy Given Via the Mobile Health Application on the Quality of Life in Colorectal Cancer Patients

NCT ID: NCT05940740

Condition: Colorectal Cancer
Mobile Phone Use
Nurse's Role

Conditions: Official terms:
Colorectal Neoplasms

Conditions: Keywords:
Colorectal Cancer

Study type: Interventional

Study phase: N/A

Overall status: Recruiting

Study design:

Allocation: Randomized

Intervention model: Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose: Prevention

Masking: None (Open Label)

Intervention:

Intervention type: Other
Intervention name: Colorectal-Mobile application
Description: The use of Colorectal-Mobile application by the patients on a daily basis by the researcher will be monitored remotely via the management platform of the usage status of the mobile health application.
Arm group label: INTERFERENCE (EXPERIMENT)

Summary: The incidence of colorectal cancer ranks fourth worldwide after lung, prostate and breast cancers. Although chemotherapy has an important place in the treatment of colorectal cancers, it can cause side effects such as diarrhea and fatigue in patients. Cancer patients' ability to cope with treatment side effects can be benefited from technological developments. Studies have shown that mobile health applications reduce symptom experience and increase quality of life in patients with breast cancer and leukemia.

Detailed description: The incidence of colorectal cancer ranks fourth worldwide after lung, prostate and breast cancers. Although chemotherapy has an important place in the treatment of colorectal cancers, it can cause side effects such as diarrhea and fatigue in patients. Cancer patients' ability to cope with treatment side effects can be benefited from technological developments. Studies have shown that mobile health applications reduce symptom experience and increase quality of life in patients with breast cancer and leukemia. This research was planned as a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test control group in order to examine the effects of the mobile health application developed according to the Self-Care Disability Theory and the training given for chemotherapy side effects on the quality of life of colorectal cancer patients. The sample of the study will consist of patients who underwent chemotherapy outpatient (23 intervention group and 23 control group) with the diagnosis of colorectal cancer in the Internal Medicine Medical Oncology outpatient clinic of Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty. Simple random sampling method, which is one of the probabilistic sampling methods, will be used to determine the intervention and control groups. Data will be obtained (pre-test) with the Patient Information Form, the Self-Care Needs Assessment Form, the Nightingale Symptom Assessment Scale (N-SDS), and the Cancer Treatment Functional Assessment-Colorectal Scale (FACT-C). Training will be provided to the initiative group through the mobile health application. Symptom management and quality of life will be evaluated by using data collection tools after the 1st and 2nd cycles of chemotherapy in intervention group patients. A face-to-face meeting with the initiative group is planned every two weeks. Once a week, an message will be sent to the intervention group patients reminding them to use the mobile health application. Control group patients will continue to receive routine treatment and follow-up. A post-test will be applied to the intervention and control groups in the third month (12 weeks after the first interview). In this study, it is aimed to compare the effectiveness of routine treatment and care with the use of a mobile health application developed according to the Self-Care Insufficiency Theory, considering the developments in today's technology, and to evaluate the effects of the two methods on the control of symptoms that may occur due to chemotherapy side effects in colorectal cancer patients and their care needs.

Criteria for eligibility:
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria: - Chemotherapy was started with the diagnosis of colorectal cancer, - Receiving adjuvant chemotherapy, - His psychological and general condition is suitable for the interview and - Identified as colorectal cancer patients who volunteered to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: - Not diagnosed with colorectal cancer - Not diagnosed adjuvant chemotherapy

Gender: All

Minimum age: 18 Years

Maximum age: 65 Years

Healthy volunteers: No

Locations:

Facility:
Name: Beykent University

Address:
City: Istanbul
Zip: 34528
Country: Turkey

Status: Recruiting

Contact:
Last name: Neslisah Yasar Kartal, phd candidate

Phone: 5386453541

Phone ext: +90
Email: neslisahysr@gmail.com

Start date: March 1, 2023

Completion date: October 31, 2023

Lead sponsor:
Agency: NESLISAH YASAR KARTAL
Agency class: Other

Collaborator:
Agency: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Agency class: Other

Source: University of Beykent

Record processing date: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on November 12, 2024

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov page: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05940740