Introduction: Chemotherapy side effects significantly reduce the quality of life in leukemia patients and affect their willingness to continue treatment. Given the existing shortcomings in the education of patients on managing chemotherapy symptoms, identifying effective strategies to improve patient education is essential. This study aims to examine the effect of an educational mobile application on chemotherapy symptoms in leukemia patients.
Methods: This research is a semi-experimental study with a control group without random assignment of samples, conducted on 112 leukemia patients undergoing chemotherapy who visit Vali-e-Asr Hospital affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The intervention group will receive an educational mobile application that includes guidance on managing chemotherapy symptoms. The control group didn't receive routine interventions, including face-to-face education by nurses and educational pamphlets and new interventions. The tools used in this study include a demographic information questionnaire and the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) standard questionnaire. Data collection was done before and 6 weeks after the intervention. The collected data analyzed using descriptive statistics (including mean, standard deviation, percentage, and frequency) and inferential parametric or non-parametric tests (including independent t-test, Mann-Whitney, Chi-square, Fisher's exact test, and analysis of covariance). A significance level of P<0.05 considered.
Conclusion: This article presents the protocol for a study investigating the impact of chemotherapy symptom management education through a mobile application on chemotherapy symptoms in leukemia patients. The results of such studies will aid in identifying faster and more effective patient education approaches.
RCT code: IRCT20230816059164N3