Gamified Neuropathy Management Application

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The study will be conducted in three phases:

Phase 1: The content of the gamified neuropathy management application used in the study will be prepared by the researchers using relevant literature.

Phase 2: The developed gamified neuropathy management application will be introduced to patients during one-on-one interviews at the daytime chemotherapy clinic. After collecting pre-test data, the application will be sent to the patients, who will be asked to use it for 8 weeks.

Phase 3: Following the start of the study's implementation, patients will be contacted in the 4th and 8th weeks to collect mid-study and post-test data.

DN4 Questionnaire: The DN4 pain questionnaire, developed by the French neuropathic pain group, is a questionnaire that includes symptoms and findings associated with neuropathic pain. The individual being evaluated answers the questions with yes or no. The total scale score is calculated by giving 1 point for each yes answer and 0 point for each no answer. In the scale, the cutoff value for neuropathic pain is determined as 4/10 and above. Turkish validity and reliability was determined by Unal-Çevik et al. It was made by and the Cronbach alpha coefficient was 0.97; The specificity and sensitivity in diagnosing neuropathic pain were found to be 96.6% and 95%, respectively.

CIPNAT, Tofthagen et al. (2011b). CIPNAT, which is a Likert type scale, consists of 2 parts. The first part consists of 36 items asking about symptom frequency, severity, and discomfort. In the second part, there are 14 items that evaluate which of the daily living activities peripheral neuropathy affects. First, patients are asked whether any of the nine symptoms developed after chemotherapy treatment. The frequency, severity and discomfort of the symptoms experienced after each question answered "Yes" are scored and evaluated with a 0-10 numerical rating scale. If the answer to the first 4 questions on the scale is "No", the other questions are not continued. These questions are the questions that determine whether there is the presence of CBPN (Kutlutürkan et al. 2017). A high score from the scale indicates that CBPN is high. The Turkish validity and reliability study of the scale was conducted by Kutlutürkan et al. (2017). The Cronbach alpha coefficient of the scale is 0.970.

Heitzmann et al. Developed by KSI-KV in 2011. This inventory is a 12-item unidimensional measurement tool designed to assess cancer patients' self-efficacy in coping. Each item of this 12-item scale is scored between 1-9. The scale score is calculated as the sum of all items. High scores from the scale indicate high self-efficacy for coping. The Cronbach alpha coefficient of this scale, which was evaluated on three sample groups, was found to be a = 0.84, a = 0.84, a = 0.88 for each sample, respectively. The construct validity of the scale was conducted using Exploratory Factor Analysis for the first sample, and four factors were obtained according to the results of the analysis: (1) Maintaining Independence and Positive Attitude; (2) Participating in Medical Care; (3) Coping and Stress Management; (4) Managing Affect. Adaptation of this scale to Turkish was made by İyigün et al. (2017).