Self-identification and management of hand-foot syndrome (HFS): effect of a structured teaching program on patients receiving capecitabine-based chemotherapy for colon cancer.
Support Care Cancer
; 24(6): 2575-81, 2016 06.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Capecitabine is an oral prodrug of 5-fluorouracil and is commonly used oral chemotherapeutic drugs for advanced gastric and colorectal cancer. However, hand-foot syndrome (HFS) has high incidence, and once developed, the symptoms significantly impair quality of life (QOL), leading to a reduction in the dosage or discontinuation of the treatment. Effective health education should be offered to patients to promote self-identification and management on how to recognize HFS and use self-management techniques at the very beginning of chemotherapy. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
The present study intended to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge related to self-identification and management of HFS among patients receiving chemotherapy for colon cancer at tertiary cancer care center. Participants who fulfilled the criteria were selected using non-probability purposive sampling. The sample selected were 40 participants (20 participants in experimental group and 20 participants in control group).RESULTS:
Among the group of 40 patients, 17 (85 %) participants in the experimental group and 17 (85 %) participants in the control group were receiving capecitabine and oxaliplatin (CAPOX) chemotherapy treatment protocol. Five (25 %) participants in the experimental group and ten (50 %) participants in the control group were receiving drug capecitabine at a dose of 2500 mg. The mean knowledge (knowledge related to self-identification and management of HFS) pretest score was 6.75 and mean knowledge posttest score was 10.25 in the experimental group which was statistically significant (p = 0.000) (p < 0.05). The mean knowledge pretest score of participants was 6.45 and mean knowledge posttest score of participants was 6.75 in the control group which was not statistically significant (p = 0.67) (p > 0.05).CONCLUSION:
The study showed a statistically significant improvement in knowledge scores of participants that occurred due to intervention of structured teaching program. This can be used to assess reduction in incidence of HFS in the future.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica
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Educação de Pacientes como Assunto
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Neoplasias do Colo
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Síndrome Mão-Pé
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Guideline
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Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Support Care Cancer
Assunto da revista:
NEOPLASIAS
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Índia