The purpose of this study is to compare the fatigue in lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy treatment, between the education programme in self-care a multidisciplinary with the group who received standard care.

Educate of self-care by Oncology nurses to relieve and prevent the fatigue of cancer chemotherapy, and provide the manual to read at home, take about 15 minutes. By using home exercise program, 30 minutes of physical education. Teaching and demonstration exercises of the muscles to breath and conservation of energy during exercise and record the exercise/walking diary, the nutritional education nutrition counseling, psychiatric assessment,self-care prevention of depression.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Aged 45-65 years.
2. Has been diagnosed lung cancer stages 3-4 must be chemotherapy is platinum-based, and had received chemotherapy for at least one time, must be in the range of 2-4 cycles of chemotherapy.
3. Performance status: ECOG 0-1
4. No problem hearing it.
5. Read and write Thai.
6. Be willing to cooperate in research. And signed a joint research

Exclusion Criteria:

1. The complications include: high fever, severe nausea and vomiting.
2. Injection drug use in diabetes treatment.
3. Ischemic heart disease with heart arrhythmia and the drug continuously.
4. Is unable to daily living. Caused by defects in movement, and severe osteoarthritis, muscle atrophy, paralysis or walking flat less than 10 meters.

Fatigue Lung Cancer Patients

๋Journal of the medical association of Thailand