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NCT Number: NCT01546233

Multidisciplinary Education in Lung Cancer Patients Who Receiving Chemotherapy Treatment

The purpose of this study is to compare the fatigue in lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy treatment, between the education programme in self-care a multidisciplinary with the group who received standard care.

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Key information

Age range

45 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Department of Chemotherapy Unit, Rajavithi Hospital

Bangkok, 10400, Thailand

About this study

Educate of self-care by Oncology nurses to relieve and prevent the fatigue of cancer chemotherapy, and provide the manual to read at home, take about 15 minutes. By using home exercise program, 30 minutes of physical education. Teaching and demonstration exercises of the muscles to breath and conservation of energy during exercise and record the exercise/walking diary, the nutritional education nutrition counseling, psychiatric assessment,self-care prevention of depression.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Aged 45-65 years.
  • Has been diagnosed lung cancer stages 3-4 must be chemotherapy is platinum-based, and had received chemotherapy for at least one time, must be in the range of 2-4 cycles of chemotherapy.
  • Performance status: ECOG 0-1
  • No problem hearing it.
  • Read and write Thai.
  • Be willing to cooperate in research. And signed a joint research

Exclusion criteria

  • The complications include: high fever, severe nausea and vomiting.
  • Injection drug use in diabetes treatment.
  • Ischemic heart disease with heart arrhythmia and the drug continuously.
  • Is unable to daily living. Caused by defects in movement, and severe osteoarthritis, muscle atrophy, paralysis or walking flat less than 10 meters.

Treatment and study plan

multidisciplinary education programme

Behavioral

Educate of self-care by Oncology nurses to relieve and prevent the fatigue of cancer chemotherapy, and provide the manual to read at home, take about 15 minutes. By using home exercise program, 30 minutes of physical education. Teaching and demonstration exercises of the muscles to breath and conservation of energy during exercise and record the exercise/walking diary, the nutritional education nutrition counseling, psychiatric assessment,self-care prevention of depression.

Other names: multidisciplinary self care education programm

standard education

Behavioral

standard education before and after chemotherapy

Other names: standard education before and after chemotherapy

Primary outcomes

  1. Measure fatigue by questionnaires

    Time frame: August 2011 to august 2012 (up to 1 year)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Department of Medical Services Ministry of Public Health of Thailand

Other Gov

Registry information

Official study title

Outcome of Multidisciplinary Education Programme in Self-care in Fatigue Lung Cancer Patients Who Receiving Chemotherapy Treatment

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2012
First posted
Mar 7, 2012
Registry last updated
Jul 6, 2016

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