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IRCT20170514033961N11 IRCT 2025-04-27 Khoram-Abad University of Medical Sciences The effect of patient-centered education on the self-care ability and quality of life of the elderly with gastrointestinal cancers The effect of patient-centered education on the self-care ability and quality of life of the elderly with gastrointestinal cancers 2025-05-05 anticipated 70 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/82315 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Education/Guidance, Randomization description: The allocation of samples to groups is done using the Block Randomization method. In order to equalize the distribution of confounding variables of cancer type (gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, colon cancer, and colorectal cancer), first, classes are created based on these variables, such as female/male class and cancer based on metastatic or non-metastatic, and then the block randomization method is used to assign patients to two groups using random blocks of 4. 6 different combinations of 4-blocks (AABB- ABAB- ABBA- BBAA- BABA- BAAB) are created and randomly selected using the Blockrand package of R software, and the random sequence will be formed as a sequence of letters A and B. N/A Condition 1: Gastrointestinal (esophagus) cancer. Condition 2: Gastrointestinal (stomach) cancer. Condition 3: Gastrointestinal (colon) cancer. Condition 4: Gastrointestinal (rectal) cancer. Intervention 1: Intervention group: In this group, the educational intervention for patients will consist of 8 30- to 45-minute sessions, both in-person and virtual. The sessions will be held at weekly intervals, one-on-one, both in-person and virtual. Each educational session will include a lecture and a question and answer session. Educational brochures will also be provided to them. Intervention 2: Control group: In this group, an intensive training session is held after the final stage of data collection. Yes - There is a plan to make this available What will be shared: All potential data is released after unidentifiable individuals in the form of original message information. When: The access period will start 6 months after printing. To whom: All researchers, lecturers, medical students can receive the published article from the relevant journal. Conditions: Unidentifiable data will be made available to health researchers for the study of meta-analysis Where to obtain: Send Saki Mandana an email m.saki@modares.ac.ir How to obtain: After sending the documents by the applicant's researcher via email, the data will be send two weeks later. Comments:
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Khorramabad Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6819834525 +98 66 3331 6465 mandana_saki@yahoo.com Khoram-Abad University of Medical Sciences Iran (Islamic Republic of) Over 60 years of age Having metastatic or non-metastatic gastrointestinal cancer (such as stomach cancer, esophageal cancer, colon cancer, and colorectal cancer) At least one session has passed and at least 6 sessions of chemotherapy remain. Smartphone access Adequate hearing and vision ability 60 years no limit Both Unwillingness to continue cooperation Oncology emergencies Patients in need of palliative care Having known mental illnesses (bipolar, etc.) or having dementia Abrupt discontinuation of treatment at the discretion of the physician or patient, death, or migration C15 C16 C18 C20 Malignant neoplasm of esophagus Malignant neoplasm of stomach Malignant neoplasm of colon Malignant neoplasm of rectum Lifestyle Lifestyle Intervention group: In this group, the educational intervention for patients will consist of 8 30- to 45-minute sessions, both in-person and virtual. The sessions will be held at weekly intervals, one-on-one, both in-person and virtual. Each educational session will include a lecture and a question and answer session. Educational brochures will also be provided to them. Control group: In this group, an intensive training session is held after the final stage of data collection. Quality of life. Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention and two weeks after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30. Self-care ability. Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention and two weeks after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Questionnaire to assess the ability of self-care specifically for patients with colorectal cancer. Khoram-Abad University of Medical Sciences Approved 2025-03-05 Ethics Committee of Lorestan University of Medical Sciences Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences University Campus Complex, Khorramabad-Borujerd Road, Khorramabad, Lorestan Khorramabad Lorestan Iran (Islamic Republic of)