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ArticleJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2017

Surveying the effect of a self-care education program on severity of nausea and emesis in colorectal cancer patients under chemotherapy.

Saba Karimi, Behnam Reza Makhsosi, Seyed Jalil Seyedi-Andi, Maryam Behzadi, Yasaman Moghofeh, Kourosh Mohammadinasrabadi, Alireza Abdi, Pegah Ahmadi

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Article in Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Saba KarimiSchool of Nursing and Midwifery.
Behnam Reza MakhsosiSurgical Department, Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah.
Seyed Jalil Seyedi-AndiSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol.
Maryam BehzadiTaleghani Hospital.
Yasaman MoghofehImam Khomeini Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Kourosh MohammadinasrabadiSchool of Nursing and Midwifery.
Alireza AbdiSchool of Nursing and Midwifery.
Pegah AhmadiSchool of Nursing and Midwifery.
Iranshahr University · IRBabol University of Medical Sciences · IRImam Khomeini Hospital · IRKermanshah University of Medical Sciences · IRTaleghani General Hospital · IR

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Abstract

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objectiveColorectal cancer is one of the main causes of mortality in both developed and developing countries, including Iran. One of the treatments available for colorectal cancer is chemotherapy, of which nausea and emesis are the side effects. Owing to problems in controlling the side effects, a combination of medicine and non-medicine interventions is usually used. Self-care is one of the non-medicine interventions in this regard. The present study was aimed at surveying the effect of a self-care education program on severity of nausea and emesis in colorectal cancer patients under chemotherapy.

methodsA semi-experimental study was carried out in Imam Reza Hospital of Kermanshah, Iran. The sample group comprised 52 patients with colorectal cancer under chemotherapy. Data gathering tools included a demographics questionnaire and Morrow Assessment of Nausea and Emesis. To control intensity of nausea and emesis, a package of self-care measures including muscular progressive relaxation, music, and education on nutrition was used. Afterward, the collected data were analyzed using statistical tests such as Shapiro-Wilk test (to check normal distribution of the data), Mann-Whitney

resultsThe results showed a considerable decrease in intensity and frequency of nausea and emesis after the intervention. The

conclusionAs the results showed, using self-care program could be effective in attenuating intensity of emesis and nausea in colorectal cancer patients under chemotherapy. So, it can be concluded that the use of this program can increase the patient's self-care ability to control vomiting and nausea, which can be considered as a complementary approach to the antiemetic medications.

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chemotherapycolorectal cancernausea and emesisself-care

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