Patient education integrated with acupuncture for relief of cancer-related fatigue randomized controlled feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a prominent clinical problem. There are calls for multi-modal interventions.

Methods

We assessed the feasibility of delivering patient education integrated with acupuncture for relief of CRF in a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) with breast cancer survivors using usual care as control. Social cognitive and integrative medicine theories guided integration of patient education with acupuncture into a coherent treatment protocol. The intervention consisted of two parts. First, patients were taught to improve self-care by optimizing exercise routines, improving nutrition, implementing some additional evidence-based cognitive behavioral techniques such as stress management in four weekly 50-minute sessions. Second, patients receiv

SUBMITTER: Johnston MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3144009 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature