Square dancing intervention on the quality of life of breast cancer patients with post-radical surgery and postoperative chemotherapy
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2016.08.008
- VernacularTitle:广场舞对乳腺癌根治术后化疗患者生活质量的影响
- Author:
Li CHANG
;
Jie ZHANG
;
Yan WANG
;
Xiaomei LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
breast cancer;
quality of life;
square dancing
- From:
Modern Clinical Nursing
2016;15(8):33-37
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the effect of square dancing intervention on the quality of life of breast cancer patients having undergone radical surgery and postoperative chemotherapy. Methods Forty-nine breast cancer patients having undergone radical surgery and postoperative chemotherapy from February to October 2014 were set as the controls and another 51 patients having undergone the same radical surgery and postoperative chemotherapy from November 2014 to August 2015 were assigned to the intervention group. The control group was treated with conventional nursing intervention and the intervention group, on the basis of conventional nursing intervention, with square dancing intervention for 3 to 5 times each week, 30~90 minutes each time till the sixth cycle of chemotherapy. The quality of life before and after the intervention was evaluated with Function Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast (FACT-B). Result There was no significant difference in the score by FACT-B between the two groups before intervention ( P > 0 . 05 ) and after the intervention the difference in the score by FACT-B was statistically significant between the two groups (P <0.05). Conclusion Square dancing as the combination of sport therapy, group therapy and music therapy can improve the quality of life of breast cancer patients having undergone radical surgery and postoperative chemotherapy , so it can have some value in the future community care.
