Autor: |
Behrouz Dadkhah, Elham Anisi, Naser Mozaffari, Firouz Amani, Mehdi Pourghasemian |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2019 |
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Zdroj: |
Journal of Caring Sciences, Vol 8, Iss 3, Pp 165-171 (2019) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2251-9920 |
DOI: |
10.15171/jcs.2019.024 |
Popis: |
Introduction: Music and massage therapy are among the approaches of complementary medicine. Patients with cancer have been hugely encouraged in recent years to use complementary medicine to relieve chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of music and periorbital massage therapy on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients with gastrointestinal cancers. Methods: The present single-blind clinical trial study was conducted on 60 patients with gastrointestinal cancer undergoing chemotherapy who were randomly assigned to control and music plus massage therapy groups. Two interventions were concurrently carried out on patients in music plus massage therapy group while receiving chemotherapy medication, but the control group received no intervention. Rhodes questionnaire was used to assess nausea and vomiting before and 24 hours after chemotherapy. Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistical tests (Chi-square and t tests). Results: Music plus periorbital massage therapy significantly reduced nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing chemotherapy compared to the control group (P |
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