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(Effects of cognitive behavior intervention and cinesiateics on the quality of life of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy) [Chinese - simplified characters]
Bai S-M, Ma C, Liu Y-M, Xue W-P, Luo M, Ou Z-H
Zhongguo Linchuang Kangfu [Chinese Journal of Clinical Rehabilitation] 2004 Oct 15;8(29):6312-6313
clinical trial
5/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: Yes; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: Yes; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

AIM: To investigate the effects of cognitive behavior intervention and cinesiateics on the quality of life(QOL) of the patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy so as to improve the QOL of patients with tumor in the survival period. METHODS: Forty five patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma diagnosed in the Oncology Department and Admitting Department and without combined other chronic diseases and transferring to distant places were selected (the Karnofsky performance status (KPS) was not less than 60 points), and randomly divided into two groups: intervention group and control group. The QOL core questionnaire (QOL C30) was used to investigate the QOL of patients immediately and three months after radiotherapy. RESULTS: Role function, social function, nausea and vomit functions were not obvious in the intervention group. The body (three months after radiotherapy 64.21 +/- 26.14), cognition (three months after radiotherapy 79.11 +/- 19.30), emotion (three months after radiotherapy 75.19 +/- 21.30), tiredness (three months after radiotherapy 28.14 +/- 22.61) and the index of general QOL were improved obviously in the intervention group compared with the control group. Almost all the indexes in the intervention group were improved significantly before and after intervention. CONCLUSION: The cognitive behavior intervention and motion exercise improve the QOL of the patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. It has the value on the clinical application.

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