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Evaluation of the Effects of the Couple-based Family Nursing for Women With Breast Cancer

NCT05100914 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2021-11-08

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Summary

The women with breast cancer and their spouses experienced physical and mental distresses together, nevertheless, the spouses were the significant supporters for patients during post-surgery rehabilitation. Based on the patient and family-centered care (PFCC), it was hypothesized that the couple engages in post-surgery rehabilitation could help women to have an improved shoulder range of movement, quality of life, and couples have better marital intimacy. All the women were eligible to be included in the randomized control trial if diagnosed with breast cancer, received breast surgery, her spouses were accompanying, and gave written consents. Women were randomized into two groups. The control group continues to receive usual care. The experimental group, who received couple-based family nursing (30-60 minutes couple-based interviews) based on the core concepts of PFCC: dignity and respect, information sharing, participation, and collaboration. The study nurse empowered spouses to assist the women's daily rehabilitation with a special workbook by clear pictures demonstration.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Couple-based family nursing

Spouses were taught the following rehabilitation movements: hand squeeze, wrist, and elbow flexion and extension, pendulum exercise, finger wall-climbing exercise, hair combing, wall pushup, pulley exercise, and turning around exercise. Arm rehabilitation begins within 48 hours postoperatively, and each movement should be incrementally increased in terms of exertion and repetition until the patient reaches 10 repetitions, 2-3 times daily, for one month. Spouses must support patients' wrist and elbow joints and maintain the arms perpendicular to the body. Spouses were instructed that if women experience negative emotions during the rehabilitation movements, spouses can express support to his wife through body language, such as kissing, holding hands, touching, or hugging.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Li-Chi Chiang, PhD · National Defense Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-14
Primary Completion
2019-12-02
Completion
2020-01-07

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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