Afiyanti Yati, Achmad Engkus Kusdinar, Sangkala Moh Syafar
Faculty of Nursing, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.
Maternity and Women Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia.
Int J Nurs Sci. 2018 Sep 18;5(4):331-335. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnss.2018.09.004. eCollection 2018 Oct 10.
This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Relaxation Breathing Exercise (RBE) on fatigue in patients with gynaecological cancer undergoing chemotherapy.
We used a quasi-experiment with pre- and post-test design. Forty-two patients were consecutively sampled, 21 of whom were assigned to the group receiving RBE four times a day and 21 to the group receiving RBE twice a day. Fatigue scores were measured every day for 7 days for both groups using the Piper Fatigue Scale. Data obtained were analysed using repeated-ANOVA and independent -test with a significant level of < 0.01.
We found a significant decrease ( < 0.01) in the mean fatigue scores of both groups (four times RBE in a day group = 3.29 ± 0.59 and twice RBE in a day group = 4.19 ± 0.61) after the completion of the intervention. However, the four times RBE a day group showed larger decrease on fatigue scores than the twice RBE a day group did (Mean Difference = 0.91; 99% CI = 0.41 to 1.41; = 0.001).
Conducting RBE four times a day effectively alleviated fatigue better than RBE twice a day on gynaecological cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
本研究旨在确定放松呼吸练习（RBE）对接受化疗的妇科癌症患者疲劳的有效性。
我们采用了前后测试设计的准实验。连续抽取42名患者，其中21名被分配到每天进行4次RBE的组，21名被分配到每天进行2次RBE的组。两组均使用派珀疲劳量表连续7天每天测量疲劳得分。使用重复方差分析和独立样本t检验对获得的数据进行分析，显著性水平为<0.01。
我们发现干预完成后两组的平均疲劳得分均显著下降（<0.01）（一天进行4次RBE的组=3.29±0.59，一天进行2次RBE的组=4.19±0.61）。然而，一天进行4次RBE的组在疲劳得分上的下降幅度比一天进行2次RBE的组更大（平均差异=0.91；99%CI=0.41至1.41；=0.001）。
对于接受化疗的妇科癌症患者，每天进行4次RBE比每天进行2次RBE能更有效地缓解疲劳。
