The effects of nurse-led telephone-based support on supportive care needs among women with breast cancer: A randomized clinical trial | Zendy

Nazi Nejat | Zendy; Parisa Javadi | Zendy; Farzaneh Golaghaie | Zendy; Mehran Sharifi | Zendy

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The effects of nurse-led telephone-based support on supportive care needs among women with breast cancer: A randomized clinical trial

Author(s) -

Nazi Nejat,

Parisa Javadi,

Farzaneh Golaghaie,

Mehran Sharifi

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

nursing and midwifery studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165

H-Index - 2

eISSN - 2322-1674

pISSN - 2322-1488

DOI - 10.4103/nms.nms_94_17

Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , breast cancer , bonferroni correction , mann–whitney u test , analysis of variance , clinical trial , intervention (counseling) , repeated measures design , exact test , randomization , sample size determination , kowsar , physical therapy , cancer , nursing , statistics , mathematics

Background: Patients with breast cancer (BC) need to be supported in all aspects of their lives. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the impacts of nurse-led telephone-based support on supportive care needs (SCNs) in women with BC. Methods: This two-group randomized clinical trial was conducted on 62 women with BC who were randomly assigned to two groups to either receive telephone-based support (n = 31) or conventional care routinely provided to patients with BC (n = 31). Patients' SCNs were assessed before, 2 weeks, and 1 month after the intervention onset using the SCNs Survey -Short Form 34 The data were analyzed through the repeated-measures analysis of variance and the Bonferroni's, Chi-square, Fisher's exact, independent-sample t, and Mann–Whitney U-tests. Results: Significant decreases were observed in the mean scores of SCNs in both groups (P < 0.001), though the decrease in the intervention group was much greater than the control group (39.08 vs. 2.87). Baseline mean score of SCNs in the intervention group was significantly greater than the control group (P = 0.008); however, 2 weeks and 1 month after the intervention onset, the mean score in the intervention group was significantly lower than the control group (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Telephone-based support is effective in addressing and reducing SCNs among patients with BC.

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