Effect of Viewing Disney Movies During Chemotherapy on Self-Reported Quality of Life Among Patients With Gynecologic Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In addition to treatment efficacy, evaluation of adverse effects and quality of life assessments have become increasingly relevant in oncology.

Objective

To evaluate the association of watching Disney movies during chemotherapy with emotional and social functioning and fatigue status.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial was performed from December 2017 to December 2018 at a cancer referral center in Vienna, Austria. A consecutive sample of women with gynecologic cancers was recruited through July 2018. Inclusion criteria included age older than 18 years, written informed consent, and planned 6 cycles of chemotherapy with either carboplatin and paclitaxel or carboplatin and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin. Exclusion criteria were

SUBMITTER: Pils S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7215261 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature