Zahraa Jasim Alwan

Academic Nurse, Imam Al-Hussein Medical City Ministry of Health, Kerbala Health Directorate, Iraq

Publications

• Research Article   
  Effectiveness of slow deep breathing exercises on fatigue in patients undergoing chemotherapy
  Author(s): Zahraa Jasim Alwan* and Hassan Abdullah Athbi
  
  Background: Fatigue is one of the most common distressing side effects of cancer and its treatment. Cancer-related fatigue disrupts many aspects of a patient's quality of life. Objectives: This study is designed to examine the effectiveness of slow deep breathing exercises on fatigue in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted from September 26th, 2022, to June 12th, 2023, at the Imam Al-Hussein Center for Oncology and Hematology and the oncology wards of Imam Al-Hassan Al-Mujtaba Teaching Hospital, Kerbala, Iraq. Forty-eight patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy were divided into two groups of 23 and 25 as intervention and control groups, respectively. Patients in the intervention group performed slow, deep breathing exercises for 7 days. The control group's patients received routine conventional care. Both a descriptive analy.. Read More»
  

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