Asian Oncol Nurs.  2016 Sep;16(3):132-138. 10.5388/aon.2016.16.3.132.

Effects of a Navigation Program for Patients with Newly Diagnosed Gastric Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Hong YS
• Park JY
• Kim SH
• Kim SA
• Kim YH

• KMID: 2355015
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5388/aon.2016.16.3.132

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was to identify how a navigation program would affect resilience, uncertainty and anxiety in patients with newly diagnosed gastric cancer.
METHODS
A randomized controlled design was used with 103 participants recruited and randomly allocated in two groups. The experimental group (n=50) received the navigation program, which consisted of information provisions and psychological support, prior to treatment. The control group (n=53) received standard care with general educational intervention only prior to treatment. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS for Windows.
RESULTS
Compared with the control group, patients in the navigation program group showed signicant reduction in scores for anxiety (F=5.86, p<.017). However uncertainty (F=0.22, p=.642) and resilience (F=1.06, p=.503) were not signicantly different.
CONCLUSION
These results suggest that the navigation program has positive effects on anxiety in patients with newly diagnosed gastric cancer. We suggest that further studies be conducted to investigate other strategies for increasing the resilience and reducing the uncertainty of these patients.

Keyword

Stomach Neoplasms; Navigation Program; Anxiety; Uncertainty; Resilience

MeSH Terms

Anxiety
Humans
Stomach Neoplasms*
Uncertainty

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  Fig. 1 Study Design.

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