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Trial Title:
The Effect of Stress Ball Application on Stress, Anxiety and Comfort During Chemotherapy in Women With Breast Cancer
NCT ID:
NCT06460974
Condition:
Patients With Breast Cancer
Conditions: Official terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Conditions: Keywords:
Anxiety
Comfort
Breast Cancer
Stress
Stress Ball
Study type:
Interventional
Study phase:
N/A
Overall status:
Not yet recruiting
Study design:
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention model:
Parallel Assignment
Primary purpose:
Supportive Care
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Intervention:
Intervention type:
Other
Intervention name:
stress ball
Description:
A stress ball was applied to the patients in the during chemotherapy treatment.
Arm group label:
stress ball group
Summary:
This research was conducted as a randomized controlled study to determine the effect of
stress ball application on stress, anxiety and comfort in women with breast cancer
receiving chemotherapy.
Detailed description:
The research was conducted as a randomized controlled study. A total of 74 patients were
randomly assigned to the stress ball group (n=37) and the control group (n=37).
Criteria for eligibility:
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
- who is literate in Turkish,
- who was diagnosed with stage 1, 2 and 3 breast cancer
- who had the second cure or above chemotherapy receiving treatment
- over 18 years of age
- female
- platelet level >50,000 mm3
- not having any physical problems squeezing a stress ball
Exclusion Criteria:
- those who did not agree to participate in the study
- those who received chemotherapy for the first time,
- those who had any physical disability to squeeze a stress ball
- Any receiving intravenous treatment from both arms,
- having had a unilateral or bilateral mastectomy and having a problem squeezing a
stress ball,
- having any psychiatric disease,
Gender:
Female
Gender based:
Yes
Minimum age:
18 Years
Maximum age:
65 Years
Healthy volunteers:
No
Locations:
Facility:
Name:
Mersin University
Address:
City:
Mersin
Zip:
33110
Country:
Turkey
Contact:
Last name:
Birgül VURAL DOĞRU, Associate Prof.
Phone:
03243610001
Email:
bvuraldogru@gmail.com
Investigator:
Last name:
Hatice ŞİMŞEK, PhD student
Email:
Sub-Investigator
Start date:
June 2024
Completion date:
December 2024
Lead sponsor:
Agency:
Mersin University
Agency class:
Other
Source:
Mersin University
Record processing date:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on November 12, 2024
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov page:
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06460974
