Clinical trial · Interventional
Effect of Nurse-led Supportive Care on Quality of Life
Effect of Nurse-led Supportive Care on Quality of Life in Women With Breast Cancer: An Assessor-blinded, Parallel Group, Randomized Controlled Trial
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women with a high mortality rate in the world. The several methods are used in the treatment of breast cancer. One or more of these methods can be preferred according to the characteristics of women with breast cancer. Women may experience many different physiological and psychological symptoms during each treatment process.This situation negatively affects the quality of life of women with breast cancer. For this reason, there is a need for an intervention that could improve quality of life in women with breast cancer. In the literature, it is stated that nurse-led supportive care can be an effective nursing intervention to improve the quality of life in women with breast cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of Life | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse-led Supportive Care | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Nurse-led Supportive Care Group
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Nurse-led Supportive Care
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control Group
- description
- The control group did not receive any intervention during the study period.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life questionnaire-Core Questionnaire (QLQ-C30)
- timeFrame
- Change from Baseline Quality of Life score at 9th weeks.
- description
- The scale was developed to assess the quality of life of cancer patients. It contains three domains that measure global health status/quality of life, functional and symptom status. Global quality of life is assessed using global health status and quality of life. Functional status consists of the following five subscales: physical function, role function, emotional function, cognitive function and social function. Symptom status consists of the following nine subscales: fatigue, nausea and vomiting, pain, dyspnoea, insomnia, appetite loss, constipation, diarrhoea and financial difficulties. The total score that can be obtained from the scale ranges from 0 to 100. The internal consistency of scale in the Turkish version was determined as 0.90.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years and older women, * Stages II or III breast cancer * Having breast cancer surgery * Planned to receive chemotherapy * Able to use a phone * Who agreed to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Having communication problems * Having psychological diseases * Receiving any supportive care
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDYazicioglu Kucuk B, Zorba Bahceli P. The Effects of Nurse-Led Supportive Care Program on Quality of Life in Women with Breast Cancer Receiving Adjuvant Chemotherapy: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study. Semin Oncol Nurs. 2024 Apr;40(2):151609. doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2024.151609. Epub 2024 Mar 2. PMID 38433074