THE EFFECT OF ENERGY CONSERVATION STRATEGIES ON CANCER-RELATED FATIGUE DURING BREAST CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY IN URMIA

Fatigue is one of the most common and a distressing side effect of cancer and its
treatments. There are strategies such as energy conservation strategy to relieve fatigue intensity.
Accordingly, the present study aims to determine the effect of energy conservation strategies on cancerrelated fatigue in breast cancer patients.
Material & Methods: This study is a Randomized Clinical Trial study. 110 women with breast cancer
undergoing chemotherapy who met inclusion criteria were selected by simple sampling method, and
they were randomized to intervention and control groups. The data were collected using demographic
questionnaire and the Cancer Related Fatigue scale. Intervention was conducted in six group on the basis
of energy conservation strategies.The data were analyzed with SPSS 19 software and using descriptive
and inferential statistical tests.
Results: The results showed that there was not any significant difference on the demographic
characteristics with fatigue scores in breast cancer patients. Also the results showed that there was
statistically significant differences in fatigue scores between intervention and control group (p <0.05).
This means that the intervention has been able to reduce the amount of fatigue in the intervention group.
Conclusion: Using energy conservation strategies effective in reducing fatigue in patients with cancer.
So energy conservation strategies can be used as an effective, easy and cheap way to reducing fatigue
in cancer patients