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Study aim
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Determining the effect of nursing consultation through video call on the quality of life of patients with breast cancer
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Design
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A controlled clinical trial, with a control group, without blinding, non-random, the sample size included 80 patients who were selected if they met the entry criteria.
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Settings and conduct
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At the Hassan Mojtabi Radiotherapy Oncology Center, after selecting the samples according to the entry criteria and obtaining informed consent, the study begins. Before the intervention, the demographic information and quality of life QLQ-C30 questionnaire is filled by the samples. Patients receive nursing counseling for 4 weeks, 2 sessions for 10-15 minutes each week. A week after the end of the sessions, the QLQ-C30 quality of life questionnaire is completed again by the patients. Finally, the data is analyzed using SPSS software.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Entry criteria: having breast cancer, age range of 30 to 65 years, having mental stability and informed consent, not having participated in educational and counseling programs in the last month, and having a mobile phone and internet access.
Non-entry criteria: Lack of consent to participate in research, lack of mobile phone and internet access.
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Intervention groups
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The research is conducted in 4 weeks, and the test group receives 2 sessions per week and a total of 8 nursing counseling sessions for 10-15 minutes by the researchers.
The control group includes breast cancer patients who do not receive nursing advice from the researchers, and will not participate in other educational programs during our research.
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Main outcome variables
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People's scores in QLQ-C30 quality of life questionnaire