Supportive–educative nursing intervention on knowledge, attitude and physical activity intensity of survivors of breast cancer

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Waluya, Jajang Ganjar | Rahayuwati, Laili^{; *} | Lukman, Mamat

Affiliations: Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, Indonesia

Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Laili Rahayuwati, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, Indonesia. E-mail: [email protected].

Abstract: BACKGROUND:The high incidence of and death by breast cancer show that breast cancer requires serious treatment. Studies revealed that the physical activity of survivors of breast cancer significantly reduced after a diagnosis of breast cancer. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to examine the effect of supportive–educative nursing intervention (SENI) on the knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of survivors of breast cancer towards the intensity of physical activity. METHODS:The study population included patients with breast cancer living in a palliative shelter of a referral hospital. Data were obtained from 61 respondents (intervention group, n = 30; control group, n = 31). The study used a pre-test and post-test design with a control group (quasi-experiment with control). RESULTS:SENI showed a significant effect on the knowledge (p = 0.000) and attitude (p = 0.000) of the participants towards physical activity. SENI did not demonstrate a significant effect on increasing the intensity of physical activity (p = 0.413). CONCLUSIONS:Descriptively, the intensity of physical activity showed a tendency to increase in the intervention group, but no significant effect was noted. Palliative shelters in community can hold programmes that may increase the physical activity of survivors.

Keywords: Educative nursing intervention, physical activity

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-205165

Journal: Work, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. 1137-1144, 2022