A Randomized Clinical Trial of Caregiver-Delivered Reflexology for Symptom Management During Breast Cancer Treatment
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Wyatt, GwenSikorskii, Alla
Tesnjak, Irena
Frambes, Dawn
Holmstrom, Amanda
Luo, Zhehui
Victorson, David
Tamkus, Deimante
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Univ Arizona, Coll NursingIssue Date
2017-11
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Wyatt, G., Sikorskii, A., Tesnjak, I., Frambes, D., Holmstrom, A., Luo, Z., … Tamkus, D. (2017). A randomized clinical trial of caregiver‐delivered reflexology for symptom management during breast cancer treatment. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.07.037Rights
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Purpose. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of a home-based reflexology intervention delivered by a friend/family caregiver compared with attention control on health-related quality of life of women with advanced breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy, targeted and/or hormonal therapy. Methods. Patient-caregiver dyads (N = 256) were randomized to four weekly reflexology sessions or attention control. Caregivers in the intervention group were trained in a 30-minute protocol. During the four weeks, both groups had telephone symptom assessments, and intervention group had fidelity assessments. The intervention effects were assessed using linear mixed-effects models at weeks 5 and 11 for symptom severity and interference with daily activities, functioning, social support, quality of patient-caregiver relationship, and satisfaction with life. Results. Significant reductions in average symptom severity (P = 0.02) and interference (P < 0.01) over 11 weeks were found in the reflexology group compared with control, with no group differences in functioning, social support, quality of relationship, or satisfaction with life at weeks 5 and 11. Stronger quality of relationship was associated with lower symptom interference in the entire sample (P = 0.02), but controlling for it did not diminish the effect of intervention on symptoms. Significant reductions in symptom severity in the reflexology group compared with attention control were seen during weeks 2-5 but were reduced at Week 11. Discussion. Efficacy findings of caregiver-delivered reflexology with respect to symptom reduction open a new evidencebased avenue for home-based symptom management. J Pain Symptom Manage 2017; 54: 670-679. (C) 2017 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Note
12 month embargo; published online: 23 July 2017ISSN
08853924PubMed ID
28743659Version
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NCI grant [R01 CA157459]Additional Links
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0885392417303019ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.07.037