Effects of Counselling on Quality of Life among Cancer Patients in Malaysia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Background: We aimed to assess whether “Managing Patients on Chemotherapy” book is effective to improve quality of life (QOL) of cancer patient via counselling by pharmacist. Methods: A randomized control trial study was run among 2120 cancer patients in public hospitals in Peninsular Malaysia, f...
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| author | Ummavathy PERIASAMY Sherina MOHD-SIDIK Mehrnoosh AKHTARI- ZAVARE Lekhraj RAMPAL Siti Irma Fadhilah ISMAIL Rozi MAHMUD |
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| description | Background: We aimed to assess whether “Managing Patients on Chemotherapy” book is effective to improve quality of life (QOL) of cancer patient via counselling by pharmacist.
Methods: A randomized control trial study was run among 2120 cancer patients in public hospitals in Peninsular Malaysia, from Apr 2016-Jan 2018. The treatment group received counselling regarding chemotherapy by using developed module. The data were collected at three time-points: baseline, 1st, 2nd and 3rd follow-ups after counseling by Validated Malay version of the WHOQOL-BREF of questionnaire. Data analyses were done using χ2 and two-way repeated measure ANOVA.
Results: The treatment group improved significantly as compared to control group in physical health, psychological health, social relationship, environment and overall QOL (P<0.00).
Conclusion: The “Managing Patients on Chemotherapy” book along with repetitive counselling by pharmacists is a useful intervention for improving QOL of cancer patients undergoing treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-98aff9fb1636411b89f23b5a3414cdd02022-12-21T23:13:38ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Public Health2251-60852251-60932020-10-01491010.18502/ijph.v49i10.4693Effects of Counselling on Quality of Life among Cancer Patients in Malaysia: A Randomized Controlled TrialUmmavathy PERIASAMY0Sherina MOHD-SIDIK1Mehrnoosh AKHTARI- ZAVARE2Lekhraj RAMPAL3Siti Irma Fadhilah ISMAIL4Rozi MAHMUD5Hospital Tuanku Jaafar, Seremban, Negeri Symbian, MalaysiaCancer Resource & Education Center, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia AND Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IranDepartment of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaCancer Resource & Education Center, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaBackground: We aimed to assess whether “Managing Patients on Chemotherapy” book is effective to improve quality of life (QOL) of cancer patient via counselling by pharmacist. Methods: A randomized control trial study was run among 2120 cancer patients in public hospitals in Peninsular Malaysia, from Apr 2016-Jan 2018. The treatment group received counselling regarding chemotherapy by using developed module. The data were collected at three time-points: baseline, 1st, 2nd and 3rd follow-ups after counseling by Validated Malay version of the WHOQOL-BREF of questionnaire. Data analyses were done using χ2 and two-way repeated measure ANOVA. Results: The treatment group improved significantly as compared to control group in physical health, psychological health, social relationship, environment and overall QOL (P<0.00). Conclusion: The “Managing Patients on Chemotherapy” book along with repetitive counselling by pharmacists is a useful intervention for improving QOL of cancer patients undergoing treatment.https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/13977Quality of lifeCancer patientsPharmacistCounsellingMalaysia |
| spellingShingle | Ummavathy PERIASAMY Sherina MOHD-SIDIK Mehrnoosh AKHTARI- ZAVARE Lekhraj RAMPAL Siti Irma Fadhilah ISMAIL Rozi MAHMUD Effects of Counselling on Quality of Life among Cancer Patients in Malaysia: A Randomized Controlled Trial Iranian Journal of Public Health Quality of life Cancer patients Pharmacist Counselling Malaysia |
| title | Effects of Counselling on Quality of Life among Cancer Patients in Malaysia: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
| title_full | Effects of Counselling on Quality of Life among Cancer Patients in Malaysia: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Counselling on Quality of Life among Cancer Patients in Malaysia: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Counselling on Quality of Life among Cancer Patients in Malaysia: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
| title_short | Effects of Counselling on Quality of Life among Cancer Patients in Malaysia: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
| title_sort | effects of counselling on quality of life among cancer patients in malaysia a randomized controlled trial |
| topic | Quality of life Cancer patients Pharmacist Counselling Malaysia |
| url | https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/13977 |
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