2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Reduction of Paclitaxel-Related Peripheral Sensory Neuropathy by Carbon Dioxide Feet and Hands Bathing

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22592452
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Clinical nursing
Research Institution	Osaka City University
Principal Investigator	KAWABATA Kyoko 大阪市立大学, 大学院・看護学研究科, 准教授 (50290367)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Keywords	乳癌患者 / 外来化学療法 / 末梢神経障害 / 炭酸泉足浴手浴 / セルフケア
Research Abstract	Purpose: We evaluate to use carbon dioxide (hereinafter referred to as “CO2”) feet and hands bathing for prevention of paclitaxel-related peripheral sensory neuropathy.Method： The subjects of our study were breast cancer patients to whom pacli Method： The subjects of our study were breast cancer patients to whom paclitaxel was given weekly for 12 weeks before surgery in ambulatory treatment center. We randomly divided the patients into 2group of CO2 feet and hands bathing and observation wit Result：14 of breast cancer patients were enrolled in this study. 8 patients were assigned to CO2 feet and hands bathing group and 6 patients were to control group. All patients experienced peripheral sensory neuropathy in either hands or fee Conclusions： It was not made clear that the subjects of our study reduce paclitaxel-related peripheral sensory neuropathy by CO2 feet and hands bathing. More subjects should take part in the study.

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