The Effect of Art-Based Intervention on Fatigue, Anxiety, Perception of Nurse Presence, and Quality of Life in Patients With Hematological Cancers
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: art-based intervention.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Art-based Intervention, Hematological Cancer, Nurse Presence, Quality of Life. Basic parameters: 18 years — 65 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
This study will be conducted in a randomized controlled experimental design to examine The effect of art-based intervention on fatigue, anxiety, perception of nurse presence, and quality of life in patients with hematological cancer. The study will be conducted with 52 patients (26 intervention, 26 control groups) treated in the Hematology department of a training and research hospital between May 2025 and October 2026. Art-based intervention will be applied to the intervention group for 2 week (3 sessions per week), No application will be made to the control group. The data collection tools in the study are the Patient Identifier Information Form, Cancer Fatigue Scale, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General Scale (FACT-G), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and Nurse Presence Scale (PONS).
Interventions
- Other art-based intervention
The Art-Based Intervention program will be implemented in 3 sessions per week, for a total of 6 sessions. Before starting the Art-Based Intervention program, the researcher will provide information about the purpose of the activity and the tools to be used. Each session will have a theme, and the session will be conducted according to the instructions given to the patient within the framework of this theme. Before each session, the theme specific to that day will be explained to the patients. Se
Primary outcome measures
- Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General Scale (FACT-G) [Time frame: 0 st day (before intervention); 14 st day (after intervention) and 28 st day (after intervention).]
- Cancer Fatigue Scale [Time frame: 0 st day (before intervention); 14 st day (after intervention) and 28 st day (after intervention).]
- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) [Time frame: 0 st day (before intervention); 14 st day (after intervention) and 28 st day (after intervention).]
- Nurse Presence Scale [Time frame: 0 st day (before intervention); 14 st day (after intervention) and 28 st day (after intervention).]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Being between 18 and 65 years of age
- Speaking and understanding Turkish
- Being literate
- Having a diagnosis of hematological cancer,
- Receiving chemotherapy in an inpatient ward,
- Not having a psychiatric diagnosis,
- Having an ECOG score of 1 or 2,
Exclusion criteria
- Having vision loss and hearing loss,
- Having an ECOG score of 3 or 4
- Patients who wanted to leave the study
- Failure to attend at least two sessions of art therapy.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
- Gazi University — Ankara
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07551817 · E-77082166-302.08.01-1352660