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The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Pain and Fatigue of Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy
Despite major advances in pain management, cancer pain is managed poorly in 80% of the patients with cancer. Due to deleterious side effects of pharmacology therapy in these people, there is an urgent need for clinical trials of non-pharmacological interventions. To examine the effect of therapeutic...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2887328/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18955319 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nen006 |
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author | Aghabati, Nahid Mohammadi, Eesa Pour Esmaiel, Zahra |
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description | Despite major advances in pain management, cancer pain is managed poorly in 80% of the patients with cancer. Due to deleterious side effects of pharmacology therapy in these people, there is an urgent need for clinical trials of non-pharmacological interventions. To examine the effect of therapeutic touch (TT) on the pain and fatigue of the cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, a randomized and three-groups experimental study—experimental (TT), placebo (placebo TT), and control (usual care)—was carried out. Ninety patients undergoing chemotherapy, exhibiting pain and fatigue of cancer, were randomized into one of the three groups in the Cancer Center of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran, Iran. Pain and fatigue were measured and recorded by participants before and after the intervention for 5 days (once a day). The intervention consisted of 30 min TT given once a day for 5 days between 10:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) of pain and the Rhoten Fatigue Scale (RFS) were completed for 5 days before and after the intervention by the subjects. The TT (significant) was more effective in decreasing pain and fatigue of the cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy than the usual care group, while the placebo group indicated a decreasing trend in pain and fatigue scores compared with the usual care group. |
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spelling | pubmed-28873282010-07-29 The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Pain and Fatigue of Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy Aghabati, Nahid Mohammadi, Eesa Pour Esmaiel, Zahra Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Original Articles - Clinical Analyses Despite major advances in pain management, cancer pain is managed poorly in 80% of the patients with cancer. Due to deleterious side effects of pharmacology therapy in these people, there is an urgent need for clinical trials of non-pharmacological interventions. To examine the effect of therapeutic touch (TT) on the pain and fatigue of the cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, a randomized and three-groups experimental study—experimental (TT), placebo (placebo TT), and control (usual care)—was carried out. Ninety patients undergoing chemotherapy, exhibiting pain and fatigue of cancer, were randomized into one of the three groups in the Cancer Center of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran, Iran. Pain and fatigue were measured and recorded by participants before and after the intervention for 5 days (once a day). The intervention consisted of 30 min TT given once a day for 5 days between 10:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) of pain and the Rhoten Fatigue Scale (RFS) were completed for 5 days before and after the intervention by the subjects. The TT (significant) was more effective in decreasing pain and fatigue of the cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy than the usual care group, while the placebo group indicated a decreasing trend in pain and fatigue scores compared with the usual care group. Oxford University Press 2010-09 2008-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2887328/ /pubmed/18955319 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nen006 Text en © 2008 The Author(s). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles - Clinical Analyses Aghabati, Nahid Mohammadi, Eesa Pour Esmaiel, Zahra The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Pain and Fatigue of Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy |
title | The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Pain and Fatigue of Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy |
title_full | The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Pain and Fatigue of Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy |
title_fullStr | The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Pain and Fatigue of Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Pain and Fatigue of Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy |
title_short | The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Pain and Fatigue of Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy |
title_sort | effect of therapeutic touch on pain and fatigue of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy |
topic | Original Articles - Clinical Analyses |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2887328/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18955319 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nen006 |
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