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Nurse-led Exercise Improves Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Disability, and Quality of Life in Head and Neck Cancer

NCT05269342 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2022-03-08

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Summary

Background: This study aimed to the postoperative patients with newly diagnosed head and neck Cancer. The nurse-led counselling and after intervention improved shoulder pain, Shoulder Disability, and Quality of Life., before 2 weeks radical neck dissection and at postoperative 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks.

Methods：Participants were identified for eligibility from the otorhinolaryngology outpatient department of a medical center in eastern Taiwan. The data of 40 patients were collected between Aug 1, 2017, and Jul 31, 2018. 40 participants were randomly assigned to an experimental (n = 20) and a control group (n = 20). The experimental group received the nurse counselling and after intervention exercise intervention , and the control group received usual care. Study tools used were the shoulder pain and disability indices, University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

nurse-led counseling and after intervention

the nurse-led counseling and after intervention exercise (NUCAI), in patients with HNC

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • YU LONG HONG

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-14
Primary Completion
2018-06-16
Completion
2018-09-09

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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Diseases

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