The Effect of Stress Ball Application on Stress, Anxiety and Comfort During Chemotherapy in Women With Breast Cancer

The Effect of Stress Ball Application on Stress, Anxiety and Comfort During Chemotherapy in Women With Breast Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Study

This research was conducted as a randomized controlled study to determine the effect of stress ball application on stress, anxiety and comfort in women with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy.

The research was conducted as a randomized controlled study. A total of 74 patients were randomly assigned to the stress ball group (n=37) and the control group (n=37).

Inclusion Criteria:

• who is literate in Turkish,
• who was diagnosed with stage 1, 2 and 3 breast cancer
• who had the second cure or above chemotherapy receiving treatment
• over 18 years of age
• female
• platelet level >50,000 mm3
• not having any physical problems squeezing a stress ball

Exclusion Criteria:

• those who did not agree to participate in the study
• those who received chemotherapy for the first time,
• those who had any physical disability to squeeze a stress ball
• Any receiving intravenous treatment from both arms,
• having had a unilateral or bilateral mastectomy and having a problem squeezing a stress ball,
• having any psychiatric disease,