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- Title
Telephone intervention for anxiety management in oncology patients: a randomized clinical trial.
- Authors
Stamm, Bruna; Oliveira Girardon-Perlini, Nara Marilene; Schmidt Pasqualoto, Adriane; Beuter, Margrid; Bosi de Souza Magnago, Tânia Solange
- Abstract
Objective: Assess the efficacy of the telephone intervention by nurses to reduce the anxiety scores of patients under radiotherapy treatment. Methods: Randomized clinical trial undertaken at a radiotherapy outpatient clinic with 15-day monitoring. The sample consisted of 39 patients under radiotherapy treatment (20 in Intervention Group and 19 in Control Group). The interventions were performed by means of two telephone contacts. To collect the data, a questionnaire with sociodemographic and clinical questions and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were used. The data were analyzed in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Student's t-test for paired samples was used to compare the pre and postintervention times. Results: A signifi cant reduction in the anxiety scores was found after the telephone calls (p<0.027) for the patients in the Intervention Group. Conclusion: The use of the telephone during the 15-day monitoring showed to be an effective strategy to reduce the radiotherapy patients' anxiety scores.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; ANXIETY prevention; RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER patient psychology; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; T-test (Statistics); RANDOMIZED controlled trials; DATA analysis software; STATE-Trait Anxiety Inventory; TELENURSING; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Acta Paulista de Enfermagem, 2018, Vol 31, Issue 2, p137
- ISSN
0103-2100
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1982-0194201800021