Effects of Counselling on Quality of Life among Cancer Patients in Malaysia : A Randomized Controlled Trial
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BACKGROUND: We aimed to assess whether "Managing Patients on Chemotherapy" book is effective to improve quality of life (QOL) of cancer patient via counselling by pharmacist.
METHODS: A randomized control trial study was run among 2120 cancer patients in public hospitals in Peninsular Malaysia, from Apr 2016-Jan 2018. The treatment group received counselling regarding chemotherapy by using developed module. The data were collected at three time-points: baseline, 1st, 2nd and 3rd follow-ups after counseling by Validated Malay version of the WHOQOL-BREF of questionnaire. Data analyses were done using χ2 and two-way repeated measure ANOVA.
RESULTS: The treatment group improved significantly as compared to control group in physical health, psychological health, social relationship, environment and overall QOL (P<0.00).
CONCLUSION: The "Managing Patients on Chemotherapy" book along with repetitive counselling by pharmacists is a useful intervention for improving QOL of cancer patients undergoing treatment.
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2020 |
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2020 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49 |
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Iranian journal of public health - 49(2020), 10 vom: 08. Okt., Seite 1902-1911 |
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Englisch |
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| Beteiligte Personen: |
Periasamy, Ummavathy [VerfasserIn] |
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Cancer patients |
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Date Revised 19.04.2022 published: Print Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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10.18502/ijph.v49i10.4693 |
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| 520 | |a BACKGROUND: We aimed to assess whether "Managing Patients on Chemotherapy" book is effective to improve quality of life (QOL) of cancer patient via counselling by pharmacist | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS: A randomized control trial study was run among 2120 cancer patients in public hospitals in Peninsular Malaysia, from Apr 2016-Jan 2018. The treatment group received counselling regarding chemotherapy by using developed module. The data were collected at three time-points: baseline, 1st, 2nd and 3rd follow-ups after counseling by Validated Malay version of the WHOQOL-BREF of questionnaire. Data analyses were done using χ2 and two-way repeated measure ANOVA | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: The treatment group improved significantly as compared to control group in physical health, psychological health, social relationship, environment and overall QOL (P<0.00) | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSION: The "Managing Patients on Chemotherapy" book along with repetitive counselling by pharmacists is a useful intervention for improving QOL of cancer patients undergoing treatment | ||
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