Investigating the effect of therapeutic touch on the intensity of acute chemotherapy-induced vomiting in breast cancer women under chemotherapy

Investigating the effect of therapeutic touch on the intensity of acute chemotherapy-induced vomiting in breast cancer women under chemotherapy

Background: Nausea and vomiting are the worst and the most prevalent complications experienced by 70–80% of patients. Complementary treatments including therapeutic touch are cost-effective and low-risk, independent nursing interventions. Present research aims at investigating the effect of therapeu...

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Main Authors: Pegah Matourypour, Zohreh Vanaki, Zahra Zare, Valiolah Mehrzad, Mojtaba Dehghan, Mehdi Ranjbaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research
Subjects:
Breast cancer
chemotherapy
nursing
therapeutic touch
vomiting
Online Access:http://www.ijnmrjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-9066;year=2016;volume=21;issue=3;spage=255;epage=260;aulast=Matourypour

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