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The application of Orem's self-care theory on fatigue of breast cancer patients during chemotherapy

JIANG Jin-fang,LAO Yong-cong,CHEN Mei-zhong,et al.   

  1. (Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Guangxi Medical University,Nanning 30021,China
  • Received:2009-03-25 Revised:2009-03-25 Online:2009-03-25 Published:2009-03-25

Abstract: Objective To investigate the effect of the nursing model of Orem' s self-care theory in reducing fatigue of breast cancer patients during chemotherapy.Methods 60 breast cancer patients duringer chemotherapy were randomly divided into the test group that adopted Orem' s self-care theory of nursing and the control group that adopted the conventional nursing method.The self-care theory was applied in the test group to evaluate their self-care ability,and self-care nursing intervention wasestablished to help,guide,educate and train thems.Piper fatigue scale(PFS) was used to assess the fatigue level at 2 days before and 7 days after chemotherapy.Results Patient' s fatigue was reduced significantly in the test group after chemotherapy (P<0.01).Conclusion The nursing model of Orem' s self-care theory can effectively reduce fatigue of breast cancer patients during chemotherapy.

Key words: Breast cancer, Fatigue, Self-care theory