Effects of Lifestyle Intervention on Fatigue, Nutritional Status and Quality of Life in Patients with Gynecologic Cancer
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
;
: 812-822, 2015.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-9456
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of lifestyle intervention on the development of fatigue, nutritional status and quality of life of patients with gynecologic cancer.METHODS:
A nonequivalent control group quasi-experimental design was used. Participants were 49 patients with gynecologic cancer. They were assigned to the experiment group (n=24) or the control group (n=25). The lifestyle intervention for this study consisted of physical activity, nutritional education, telephone call counseling, health counseling, monitoring for lifestyle, and affective support based on Cox's Interaction Model of Client Health Behavior and was implemented for six weeks.RESULTS:
Significant group differences were found for fatigue (p =.037), nutritional status (p =.034) and social/family well-being (p =.035) in these patients with gynecologic cancer.CONCLUSION:
Results indicate that this lifestyle intervention is effective in lessening fatigue, and improving nutritional status and social/family well-being. Therefore, nurses in hospitals should develop strategies to expand and provide lifestyle interventions for patients with cancer.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Health Behavior
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Proportional Hazards Models
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Nutritional Status
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Health Education
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Fatigue
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Genital Neoplasms, Female
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Life Style
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Antineoplastic Agents
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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