title: [Effects of Lifestyle Intervention on Fatigue, Nutritional Status and Quality of Life in Patients with Gynecologic Cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of lifestyle intervention on the development of fatigue, nutritional status and quality of life of patients with gynecologic cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  A nonequivalent control group quasi-experimental design was used. Participants were 49 patients with gynecologic cancer. They were assigned to the experiment group (n=24) or the control group (n=25). The lifestyle intervention for this study consisted of physical activity, nutritional education, telephone call counseling, health counseling, monitoring for lifestyle, and affective support based on Cox's Interaction Model of Client Health Behavior and was implemented for six weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant group differences were found for fatigue (p =.037), nutritional status (p =.034) and social/family well-being (p =.035) in these patients with gynecologic cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results indicate that this lifestyle intervention is effective in lessening fatigue, and improving nutritional status and social/family well-being. Therefore, nurses in hospitals should develop strategies to expand and provide lifestyle interventions for patients with cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyunjin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: An
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea. jhnho@jnu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Ju Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Nho
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sunyoung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyunmin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Minji
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nho
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hojeong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005221:Fatigue; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents
keywords: Fatigue; Gynecologic neoplasm; Lifestyle; Nutrition; Quality of life