Mazloum, Seyed Reza and Rajabzadeh, Mahla and Mohajer, Samira and Bahrami-Taghanaki, Hamidreza and Namazinia, Mohammad (2023) Comparing the effects of warm footbath and foot reflexology on the fatigue of patients undergoing radiotherapy: A randomized clinical trial. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 22. ISSN 1534-7354, DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/15347354231172940.
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Background and Aim:Fatigue is a common side effect of radiotherapy. While warm footbath and foot reflexology can both reduce fatigue, it is still unclear which method is more effective in reducing fatigue. This study aimed to compare the effects of warm footbath and foot reflexology on the fatigue of patients undergoing radiotherapy. Method:A randomized clinical trial study was conducted on 62 patients undergoing radiotherapy. Eligible patients were randomly assigned to the 2 groups. Patients in the footbath group immersed their feet in 41 degrees C water for 20 minutes every night for 2 weeks starting from the seventh day of radiotherapy. Patients in the reflexology group received 20 minutes of foot reflexology every night for 2 weeks starting from the seventh day of radiotherapy. Fatigue was measured by the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI) once on the seventh day of radiotherapy and 3 more times on days 7, 14, and 28 after the start of the intervention. Data were analyzed by SPSS20 and descriptive/inferential statistics. Results:The total MFI score of both groups declined significantly over time (P < .001). The reflexology group indicated a significant reduction from 90.9 +/- 3.2 in the pre-test to 56.0 +/- 3.7 on the 28th day in, while the footbath group indicated it from 90 +/- 2.6 in the pre-test to 71.4 +/- 2.8 on the 28th day. Conclusion:Our results showed that foot reflexology and warm footbath reduced the fatigue of patients undergoing radiotherapy. However, foot reflexology was more effective in reducing the fatigue of patients undergoing radiotherapy than warm footbath. It is recommended that simple and low cost non-pharmacological interventions such as foot reflexology to decrease of side effect of radiotherapy among cancer patients should be widely performed.Trial registration: Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT20190625044009N1).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | reflexology; Footbath; Fatigue; Radiotherapy |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Nursing Science Department |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jun 2023 01:41 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2023 01:41 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/39051 |
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