J Korean Oncol Nurs.
2009 Feb;9(1):67-75.
The Analysis of the Korean Nursing Research Trends on Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Cancer Patients
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- 1Department of Nursing, Daejeon University, Korea.
- 2Department of Emergeny Medical Technician, Daejeon University, Daejeon, Korea. dchuhm@dju.kr
- 3Department of Nursing, Namseoul University, Cheonan, Korea.
Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to analyze nursing research trends on the complementary and alternative therapies (CAT) for the cancer patients in Korea. METHOD: Thirty eight articles published in 17 nursing-related journal from 1987 to 2008 were analyzed.
RESULTS
Nursing Researches on CAT for the cancer patients have increased since 2000. Among the 38 studies, 34 studies used Quasi-experimental design and 13 studies (33%) were conducted for the breast cancer patients. Mind-body therapy (53%), manual healing therapy (42%), and pharmacologic and biological therapy (5%) were the often used CAT types. Nausea, vomiting, vital signs, immune cell, pain, and fatigue were measured as physiologic outcome variables; anxiety, depression, and hope as psychological outcome variables; and quality of life as social outcome variables.
CONCLUSION
More CAM studies are needed targeting the patients with various cancer types and home-based cancer patients.
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