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The study was terminated prior to reaching the planned sample size due to slow participant accrual. Recruitment was substantially hindered by the COVID-19 pandemic, which restricted access to hospice inpatient units, and by the inherent difficulty of
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Difficulty breathing is a very devastating symptom, often seen in terminal patients. Accompanied by physical, psychological, emotional, and social limitations, Not to mention the ambiguity in the occurrence of dyspnea symptoms and the difficulty in obtaining satisfactory quality of symptom care. The purpose of this study is to confirm the use of non-drug interventions in clinical situations, such as fans and aromatherapy to alleviate the complications of end-stage patients. The effectiveness of the symptoms of dyspnea.
Difficulty breathing is a very devastating symptom, often seen in terminal patients. Accompanied by physical, psychological, emotional, and social limitations, Not to mention the ambiguity in the occurrence of dyspnea symptoms and the difficulty in obtaining satisfactory quality of symptom care. The purpose of this study is to confirm the use of non-drug interventions in clinical situations, such as fans and aromatherapy to alleviate the complications of end-stage patients. The effectiveness of the symptoms of dyspnea.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Blow a fan to the face combine aromatherapy | Experimental |
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| Blow a fan to the face | Experimental |
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| Blow a fan to the feet | Placebo Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Blow a fan to the face combine aromatherapy | Behavioral | Blow a fan with aromatherapy to the face |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Chinese version of the Respiratory Distress Observation Scale,C-RDOS | RDOS is an eight-item ordinal scale designed to measure the presence and intensity of respiratory distress in adults. High score means high respiratory distress. | The score change up to three days. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) | The PHQ-9 is the depression module, which scores each of the nine DSM-IV criteria as "0" (not at all) to "3" (nearly every day). It has been validated for use in primary care.[2] It is not a screening tool for depression but it is used to monitor the severity of depression and response to treatment. high score mean higher emotion distress. | The score change up to three days. |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Taipei Medical University | Taipei | Taipei | 110 | Taiwan |
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| ID | Term |
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| D004417 | Dyspnea |
| ID | Term |
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| D012120 | Respiration Disorders |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
| D012818 | Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
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| Blow a fan to the face | Behavioral | Blow a fan to the face |
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| Blow a fan to the feet | Behavioral | Blow a fan to the feet |
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| Chinese version of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System,C-ESAS | The ESAS includes 11 symptoms: pain, tiredness, nausea, depression, anxiety, drowsiness, appetite, sleep, well-being, shortness of breath, and other. It uses a 0-10 numerical scale: 0 shows the absence of a symptom, and 10 shows the worst experience of the symptom. | The score change up to three days. |
| Smart bracelet_Heart rate variability (HRV) | HRV is the physiological phenomenon of the variation in the time interval between consecutive heartbeats in milliseconds. A normal, healthy heart does not tick evenly like a metronome, but instead, when looking at the milliseconds between heartbeats, there is constant variation. | Continue wear bracelet five days to record HRV data. |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |