Value of Massage Therapy for Patients in a Breast Clinic

Pruthi, Sandhya; Degnim, Amy C.; Bauer, Brent A.; DePompolo, Robert W.; Nayar, Veena

doi:10.1188/09.cjon.422-425

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“…[6] A number of studies showed that relaxation and massage therapies decreased fatigue. [3238394041] These, in turn, would impinge on the nerve endings on the feet and obstruct lymph flow. Massaging these areas would break down the crystalline deposits so that they could be reabsorbed and eliminated.…”

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The effect of reflexology on chemotherapy-induced nausea, vomiting, and fatigue in breast cancer patients

Özdelikara

Tan

2017

Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing

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Objective:Patients receiving chemotherapy struggle with the side effects of this treatment. These side effects obligate the patients to use not only the pharmacological methods but also non-pharmacological relaxing methods. This study was conducted to determine the effect of reflexology on chemotherapy-induced nausea, vomiting, and fatigue in breast cancer patients.Methods:The study was conducted as a pretest–posttest experimental design. The study was conducted with sixty patients, thirty as the control and thirty as the experimental groups. A sociodemographic form, Rhodes index of nausea, vomiting, and retching (INVR), and Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) were used to collect the data. Analysis of variance, t-test, percentage calculations, and Chi-square methods were used to evaluate the data. The data obtained were assessed using the “Statistical Package for Social Science 21.0” software.Results:It was determined that the difference between the total mean scores of INVR in the experimental and control groups was significant on the onset and first and second measurements, and the difference between total mean scores of development and distress between the groups was statistically significant in the third measurement (P < 0.05). The results of the study showed that the BFI mean scores of patients in the experimental group gradually decreased in the first, second, and third measurements (P < 0.05).Conclusions:The present study proved that reflexology decreased the experience, development, distress of nausea, vomiting, and retching as well as fatigue in the experimental group. Hence, the use of reflexology is recommended for chemotherapy-induced nausea, vomiting, and fatigue.

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The effect of reflexology on chemotherapy-induced nausea, vomiting, and fatigue in breast cancer patients

Özdelikara

Tan

2017

Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing

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“…For some interventions, there is strong and consistent evidence to support effectiveness, whereas for other interventions, only preliminary data are available. The results of studies in which the authors examined the impact of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions on fatigue outcomes during and after cancer and its treatment are summarized in Tables 4 [162‐202] and 5 [203‐285], and selected findings are discussed in the sections to follow.…”

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Cancer‐Related Fatigue: State of the Science

Mitchell

2010

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Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a disabling and distressing symptom that is highly prevalent across the cancer continuum from a patient's diagnosis and treatment through survivorship and end of life. It has a multifactorial etiology and significant individual variability in its clinical expression, determinants, and sequelae. Despite the significance of CRF, it is often underdiagnosed, and management is frequently suboptimal. This review synthesizes the state of the science concerning the features, possible mechanisms, and predictors of CRF; offers recommendations for the evaluation of CRF; and appraises the strength of the evidence for a wide range of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions to prevent and manage fatigue during and after cancer and its treatment. There is evidence from methodologically rigorous controlled trials that exercise, psycho-educational interventions, and cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia are effective in the treatment of CRF, and a wide range of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions has shown initial promise in single-arm pilot studies with small, heterogeneous samples. Rigorously designed and adequately powered randomized trials are warranted to (1) determine the effectiveness of promising approaches and (2) identify the interventions that are most effective in treating CRF in specific subpopulations (eg, stem cell transplant recipients, older adults, patients with lung or colorectal cancers, survivors, and those at the end of life). Studies to elucidate the biologic expression profiles of CRF, to explicate the mechanisms through which particular interventions impact CRF, and to identify the mediators and moderators of fatigue outcomes will ultimately permit individually tailored approaches for the treatment of CRF.

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“…Integrative oncology is defined as the synthesis of mainstream cancer care and evidence-based complementary health approaches (Cassileth & Keefe, 2010). Complementary health approaches, in conjunction with conventional treatment, have reduced side effects experienced by patients with cancer, promoted relaxation, and improved quality of life (Billhult, Bergbom, & Stener-Victorin, 2007;Cassileth, Heitzer, & Gubili, 2008;Deng et al, 2009;Krohn et al, 2011;Kutner et al, 2008;Listing et al, 2009;Post-White et al, 2003;Pruthi, Degnim, Bauer, DePompolo, & Nayar, 2009;Sturgeon, Wetta-Hall, Hart, Good, & Dakhil, 2009;Taylor et al, 2014;U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2005).…”

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