Objective:Patients receiving chemotherapy struggle with the side effects of this treatment. These side effects obligate the patients to use not only the pharmacological methods but also non-pharmacological relaxing methods. This study was conducted to determine the effect of reflexology on chemotherapy-induced nausea, vomiting, and fatigue in breast cancer patients.Methods:The study was conducted as a pretest–posttest experimental design. The study was conducted with sixty patients, thirty as the control and thirty as the experimental groups. A sociodemographic form, Rhodes index of nausea, vomiting, and retching (INVR), and Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) were used to collect the data. Analysis of variance, t-test, percentage calculations, and Chi-square methods were used to evaluate the data. The data obtained were assessed using the “Statistical Package for Social Science 21.0” software.Results:It was determined that the difference between the total mean scores of INVR in the experimental and control groups was significant on the onset and first and second measurements, and the difference between total mean scores of development and distress between the groups was statistically significant in the third measurement (P < 0.05). The results of the study showed that the BFI mean scores of patients in the experimental group gradually decreased in the first, second, and third measurements (P < 0.05).Conclusions:The present study proved that reflexology decreased the experience, development, distress of nausea, vomiting, and retching as well as fatigue in the experimental group. Hence, the use of reflexology is recommended for chemotherapy-induced nausea, vomiting, and fatigue.
ÖZET Amaç: Tanımlayıcı tipteki bu araştırma; öğrenci hemşirelerin merhamet düzeylerini ve empatik eğilimlerini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Çalışma Planı: Araştırmanın evrenini, Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Hemşirelik Bölümü öğrencileri (n=274) oluşturmuştur. Veriler, 12 soruluk anket formu, Merhamet Ölçeği ve Empatik Eğilim Ölçeği ile 1 Nisan-1 Haziran 2017 tarihleri arasında toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde ortalama, yüzdelik hesaplamaları, Man Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis, korelasyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Öğrencilerin yaş ortalaması 20,39±1,87, %79,6'sı kadın, %29,5'i 1. sınıf olup, %64,1'i merhamet yorgunluğunu orta derecede yaşadıklarını, %49,1'i empati yeteneğini orta derece olarak değerlendirmişlerdir. Öğrencilerin merhamet ölçeği puan ortalamaları 72,79±10,02; empatik eğilim puan ortalamaları 68,34±8,21 olarak belirlenmiştir. Merhamet yorgunluğu ölçek toplam puanı sorgulanan değişkenlere göre istatistiksel farklılık göstermezken, empatik eğilim ölçeği toplam puanının 'hastanın çektiği acıdan etkilenme' durumundan etkilendiği ve istatistiksel olarak farklılık gösterdiği belirlenmiştir (p<0,05). Merhamet ölçeği toplam puanı ile empatik eğilim ölçeği toplam puanı arasında pozitif yönde anlamlı ilişki saptanmıştır. Sonuç: Öğrencilerin merhamet ölçeği ve empatik eğilim ölçeği puan ortalamalarının orta düzeyde olduğu; merhamet ve empatik eğilim arasında birbirine paralel artış/azalma gösterdiği belirlenmiştir. Öğrencilerde merhamet ve empatik eğilimin geliştirilmesi, merhamet yorgunluğu ve duygu bulaşmasının olumsuz etkilerine karşı öğrencilerin donanımlı hale getirilmesi önerilebilir. ABSTRACT Objectives: The aim of this descriptive type of study was (OR: This descriptive type of study aimed) to determine the levels of compassion and the empathic tendency of nursing students. Study Design: The study sample consisted of students of the Nursing Department of Health Sciences Faculty at Ondokuz Mayıs University. The data were collected from April 1 to June 1, 2017, with a 12-question questionnaire, the Compassion Scale and the Empathic Tendency Scale. Analysis of the data was (OR: Data analysis was) used in the mean, percentage calculations, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test and correlation analysis.Results: The average age of students is 20.39±1.87, 29.5% of students are in first grade, and 79.6% of them are females and 64.1% of students live the compassion tiredness on average, 49.1% of students' empathetic tendency is at the average level. Students' point average of compassion scale is 72.79±10.02, empathetic tendency average point is determined as 68.34±8.21. Compassion fatigue scale total score was not statistically different compared to the questioned variables, but it was determined that the total score of the empathic tendency scale was affected by the patient's suffering (p<0.05). A positive correlation was found between the total score of the Compassion Scale and the total score of the empathic tendency scale. Conclusions: Students' compassion scale's and em...
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