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Are patient education and self-care advantageous for patients with head and neck cancer? A feasibility study
Anne Söderlund Schaller1, Elena Dragioti1, Gunilla M Liedberg2
1Pain and Rehabilitation Centre and Department of Medical and Health Sciences Linköping University Linköping Sweden.
Aim:
This study evaluates whether patient education and individually self-care reduces pain and improves QoL, mood and sleep during and after radiotherapy treatment for patients with head and neck cancer.
Design:
A longitudinal, two-armed feasibility study design was performed.
Methods:
Sixty-four participants with curative intent were included in the study. All participants answered questions about pain three times a week and completed a survey questionnaire about pain, QoL, psychological aspects and barriers towards pain management at baseline, at 4 weeks and at 10 weeks. Thirty-four of the participants attended in two education sessions on pain based on their beliefs about pain and received individualized self-care instructions based on their weekly rating of pain.
Result:
This study did not find any significant group differences for the pain, QoL, mood and sleep.
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