CN84 - Nursing intervention for self-management of symptoms in people undergoing chemotherapy: Feasibility and acceptability test

Background

Chemotherapy is one of the effective treatments provided to people with cancer, however, it generates physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual symptoms that affect the person and their family, causing an alteration in the quality of life. The importance of training people and their families about chemotherapy and the symptoms that may arise, empowers patients to manage symptoms on an outpatient basis, improves decision-making regarding treatment and the disease, and generates adequate communication with the health team facing the evolution and progress of the disease. Objective: to determine the preliminary effects of the nursing intervention for outpatient self-management of symptoms in people undergoing chemotherapy treatment.

Methods

This study used a one-group pretest-posttest design. Potential intervention effects were determined by measuring symptom burden and self-management behaviors. The methodological parameters proposed by Sidani for the systematic evaluation of interventions, consisting of 2 phases. In phase 1, the modeling of the intervention was carried out, which includes the following steps: a. conceptualization of the intervention, b. operationalization of the intervention and its mechanism. And in phase 2: pilot test of the intervention and research methods which aims to determine the acceptability, feasibility and effects of the intervention.

Results

The symptoms that caused the most burden in the participants were diarrhea, mucositis, nausea, and vomiting. Regarding acceptability, 88% of the participants felt satisfied, 96% found the intervention useful.

Conclusions

The application of the intervention generated positive preliminary results regarding the feasibility and acceptability of the Intervention.

Clinical trial identification

Editorial acknowledgement

Legal entity responsible for the study

The author.

Funding

Has not received any funding.

Disclosure

The author has declared no conflicts of interest.