The effectiveness of nursing education as an intervention to decrease fatigue in Turkish patients receiving chemotherapy.

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Authors: Oeznur Usta Yesilbalkan, Ayfer KARADAKOVAN, Erdem GOEDER

ONCOLOGY NURSING FORUM, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2009, vol 36, pp E215-E222

DOI: 10.1188/09.onf.e215-e222

Summary

Purpose/Objectives: To determine whether a nurse-led educational intervention decreased the perception of fatigue in patients diagnosed with gastrointestinal (GI) cancers (colon, stomach, liver, rectum, pancreas) who were receiving chemotherapy for the first time.

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