Effects of Telephone Intervention as Supportive Nursing on Self-Care Practices and Qualify of Life for Gynecological Cancer Patients under Chemotherapy.
10.4040/jkan.2007.37.5.744
- Author:
Ae Sook KIM
1
;
Eun Sook LEE
;
Sung Hyo KIM
Author Information
1. Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Controlled Clinical Trial ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Chemotherapy;
Health education;
Self-care;
Quality of life
- MeSH:
Adult;
Female;
Genital Neoplasms, Female/drug therapy/*nursing/radiotherapy;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Models, Nursing;
Patient Education as Topic;
*Quality of Life;
*Self Care;
Specialties, Nursing;
Telephone;
Time Factors
- From:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2007;37(5):744-753
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The effects of telephone intervention on self-care practices and quality of life for gynecological cancer patients under chemotherapy was investigated. METHODS: A non-equivalent control group pre-test post-test quasi-experimental design was used. The subjects were women cancer patients who had received less than two chemotherapy sessions at C university hospital of Chonnam province(26 in the experimental group: 25 in the control group). The patient's self-care practices(Na & Lee, 1999; Jang, 2004) and quality of life(Lee & Jo, 1997) were measured three times. using a questionnaire. The data was analyzed by Repeated Measures ANOVA, the Friedman test, and the Mann-Whitney test using the SPSS window version 12.0 program. RESULTS: This study showed that the score of self-care practices and quality of life for the experimental group under telephone counseling were higher than those of the control group. CONCLUSION: This study revealed that a telephone intervention as supportive nursing care for women cancer patients under going chemotherapy was effective for self-care practices and qualify of life during the recovery period. Futhermore, this study also suggests that telephone counseling can serve as a continuing nursing supportive intervention for women cancer patients for the upcoming stages of further chemotherapy.
