Walking Exercise Programme (WEP) Menurunkan Cancer Related Fatigue (CRF) Pada Pasien Kanker Payudara Di RSUD. Ibnu Sina Gresik

Walking Exercise Programme Cancer Related Fatique Breast Cancer Chemotherapy

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February 25, 2019

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Introduction: Development of cancer and the side effect of chemotherapy could lead to Cancer Related Fatigue (CRF) in breast cancer patient that getting worse due to inactivation. Hence, exercise was needed. This aimed of this was to analyze the effect of Walking ExerciseProgram (WEP) to Cancer Related Fatigue.

Methode: This study was used quasy experimental design andthe population was breast cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy in RSUD IbnuSina Gresik inJune 2012. The 10 respondents who met inclusion criteria were taken with matching allocationtechnique and divided into control and case group. CRF were collected by a subjective instrumentcalled Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI), then analyzed using Wilcoxon signed rank test and MannWhitney test with signification value was α≤0,05.

Result: Result of Wilcoxon signed rank testshowed that CRF scale in pre-test was different compared to CRF in post-test of case group(p=0.043). Mann Whitney test showed the comparison of post-test scores in both of groups wasdifferent (p=0.009). It can be concluded that WEP has effect to CRF.

Discussion: The resultshowed that WEP could decrease CRF in breast cancer patient undergoing chemotheraphy inRSUD. Ibnu Sina Gresik. It is recommended to apply WEP as one of fatigue management in breastcancer patient undergoing chemotherapy. Further study should use WEP and psychosocial therapy to manage CRF in each fatigue dimension to reduce more scale of fatigue in patient.