Multimodal nursing intervention to reduce treatment-related cancer symptoms

• Grant number: 15/10308-8
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: October 01, 2015 - September 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nursing - Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Marina de Góes Salvetti
• Grantee: Marina de Góes Salvetti
• Host Institution: Escola de Enfermagem (EE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

It is a randomized controlled trial with experimental and control group that will be developed at the Institute of Cancer of São Paulo State. It is estimated that the study will include 180 cancer patients in early stages of treatment, divided into two groups (experimental and control). The sample, however, will be calculated after performing a pilot study includes 30 patients in each group. Patients in both groups will be evaluated before the start of the study and reassessed at the end of the intervention with 3 months follow-up. The intervention aims to reduce common symptoms in patients being treated for cancer (pain, fatigue, nausea, constipation, diarrhea, anxiety, chronic sadness and disturbed sleep pattern) and improve the quality of life of these patients. Symptoms listed as object of intervention are also characterized as nursing diagnoses and therefore are amenable to nursing interventions. The intervention is considered multimodal because it includes two or more components that interact with each other. The main components of the intervention are education about the disease and symptom management, technical problem solving and relaxation techniques. The proposed multimodal nursing intervention was structured based on the classification of nursing interventions related to nursing diagnoses common in patients receiving chemotherapy. The intervention will be conducted in groups of 10 to 15 patients and applied by nurses, with the help of nursing students. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MARINA DE GÓES SALVETTI; CAROLINE SILVA PEREIRA MACHADO; SUZANA CRISTINA TEIXEIRA DONATO; ADRIANA MARQUES DA SILVA. Prevalência de sintomas e qualidade de vida de pacientes com câncer. Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, v. 73, n. 2, 2020-02-27. (15/10308-8)

SALVETTI, MARINA DE GOES; TEIXEIRA DONATO, SUZANA CRISTINA; PEREIRA MACHADO, CAROLINE SILVA; DE ALMEIDA, NATALIA GONDIM; DOS SANTOS, DANIELA VIVAS; KURITA, GEANA PAULA. Psychoeducational Nursing Intervention for Symptom Management in Cancer Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial. ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY NURSING, v. 8, n. 2, p. 156-163, MAR-APR 2021. (15/10308-8)