THE EFFECT OF SELF -CARE GUIDELINES ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS WITH LEUKEMIA AND UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY
- Assistant Lecturer of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Fayoum University.
- Assist Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Capital University.
Abstract
Leukemia patients and undergoing chemotherapy have side -effects which affect their quality of life. This requires self-care guidelines for those patients to improve their quality of life.
Aim of the study: to evaluate the effect of self-care guidelines on the quality of life for patients with leukemia and undergoing chemotherapy
Research design: A quasi experimental design.
Setting: inpatients oncology ward and out patients oncology clinic in the new medical complex affiliated to Health insurance in Fayoum.
Methods: A purposive sample of 60 adult patients from previously mentioned setting, allocated randomly into two equal groups (30 patients in each).
Tools: four tools were utilized, included: ToolI Patients Structured Interview Questionnaire,Tool II Patients Knowledge Assessment Questionnaire regarding leukemia disease, treatment and self-care, Tool IIISelf-care Practices Assessment Questionnaire, and Tool IV Quality of Life Cancer Survivors Questionnaire.
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Rania Hamdy Mahmoud, Nora Salah Eldin Saad and Furat Hussien Mahmoud (2026); THE EFFECT OF SELF -CARE GUIDELINES ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS WITH LEUKEMIA AND UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY, International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 14 (02), 505-521, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/22761
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