307Castro, Riva, Health Education by Nurses: Self-Care of Patients With Chemotherapy From ... Health Education by Nurses: Self-Care of Patients With Chemotherapy From a Specialized Cancer Institute in Lima-Peru Alda Eliana Oriihuela Castro1, Monica Elisa Meneses la Riva2 1,2Oncology Nurse Research Work, Instituto De Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Peru JURNAL NERS DAN KEBIDANAN (JOURNAL OF NERS AND MIDWIFERY) http://jnk.phb.ac.id/index.php/jnk JNK History Article: Received, 28/07/2020 Accepted, 27/10/2020 Published, 05/12/2020 Keywords: Educational Intervention, Health Education, Personal Care, Oncology Nurses and Chemotherapy. Article Information Abstract Health education helps patients during the cancer disease process. Thus, self-care induces to improve the quality of life of patients undergoing che- motherapy. The role of oncology nurses plays an important role in promot- ing self-care and improving the quality of life in their personal care. In Peru (2019), 66,000 new cases of cancer are registered according to statistics from the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases, 60% of which are women with cervical and breast cancer and 40% of which are men with prostate and lung cancer. 80% of these cases receive outpatient chemotherapy treatment and to avoid complications in their health they require timely information to assume their own self-care. The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of an educational intervention on self-care in patients who underwent ambulatory chemotherapy in which 3 educational sessions were carried out through pre and posttests by the nurses of the Specialized Onco- logical Institute. The research design was quasi-experimental longitudinal, involving a total of 90 patients undergoing chemotherapy attending the service. The questionnaire of self-care was applied which consisted of 4 dimensions: food, hygiene, prevention of infections and to avoid complica- tions. The results obtained in the pre-test were that 60% reached a low level and 22.2% a high level. After the educational intervention in the post-test it was evidenced that 96.7% obtained a high level and 3.3% a medium one. It was demonstrated the increase of knowledge about self-care in feeding, hygiene, prevention of infections and avoiding complications in patients. It is concluded that patients who receive educational intervention assume self-care in their daily lives. Therefore, nurses should provide feedback on knowledge and practice, incorporating strategies to avoid complications in patients. © 2020 Journal of Ners and Midwifery Correspondence Address: Research Nurse at the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases and the Peruvian Society of Nurse Oncologists Lima, Peru. P-ISSN : 2355-052X Email: aldi.eliana@gmail.com E-ISSN : 2548-3811 DOI: 10.26699/jnk.v7i3.ART.p307–313 This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-SA license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 307 https://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog/?doi=10.26699/jnk.v7i3.ART.p307-313&domain=pdf&date_stamp=2020-12-05 https://doi.org/10.26699/jnk.v7i3.ART.p307-313 308 Jurnal Ners dan Kebidanan, Volume 7, Nomor 3, Desember 2020, hlm. 307–313 INTRODUCTION Cancer is a chronic degenerative disease, which occurs mainly in low- and middle-income people, and has become a public health problem. In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO, 2018) noted that this disease has caused 8.8 million deaths and is the second largest cause of morbidity in the world. Therefore, approximately one third of cancer deaths have behavioral and dietary risk factors, such as low fruit and vegetable intake, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, lack of physical activity, and an increase in the population with a high body mass index. In Peru, cancer is the second cause of death, becoming a public health problem, being the most frequent in women breast cancer, so early detection with chemotherapy is the key to timely treatment, as stated in current national statistics, where 95%, receive treatments with chemotherapy. (Peruvian News Agency, 2019) In this sense, the (American Cancer Society, 2018) refer that most patients diagnosed with cancer should be treated with chemotherapy in a timely manner, because it is a multiple use alternative, and the objective is to reduce the tumor before surgery, radiotherapy or concurrent or complementary treatment. Chemotherapy can fight fast-growing cells, but it can also affect normal cells, such as the cells that mainly form hair and blood. In some cases, patients who receive chemotherapy have side effects, such as nausea and vomiting, skin changes, ulcers in the mouth and throat, which is called mucositis, and can significantly change nutrition; in addition, there is redness, itching, problems with wound inflammation and infection, and changes in sexual life, which significantly affect psychological well-being. However, when cancer patients begin treatment with chemother a py, they pr esent physica l, physiological and spiritual changes, as mentioned by Sanmartí (1985), who indicates that patients who receive chemotherapy suffer changes in their lives and need to adapt in order to face the process of the disease. I declare that some authors like: Rezaee, Shokrpour, Rahimi and Mani (2020) declare that cancer patients need to strengthen the education of their peer s, consider ing tha t educa tiona l interventions support the disease and sustain the side effects with self-efficacy. In this sense, in the United States, Coolbrandt, Wildirers, Laenen, Aertgeerts, Dierckx and Van (2018), expressed the need to support learning for self-efficacy and the consequences of health interventions to generate well-being in patients. Likewise, Santos and De Andrade in Brazil (2019), argued that self-care is an effective method of care, because it helps to take effective action on the effects of chemotherapy. In the same line, Altun and Sonkaya (2017) expressed the importance of the health education of the health professionals for the integral care of the patients submitted to chemotherapy, referring that the self-care becomes a support system to reduce the deficits of self-care and to promote the well-being of the patient. These statements are consistent with Riese, Weib, Borges, Beylich, Dengler and Hermes-Moll (2017) who emphasize that cancer patients benefit from standardized educational programs and that oncology nurses help and counsel patients to avoid adverse effects related to chemotherapy treatment. Therefore, Cruz, Ferreira, Vasquez, Mata and Reis (2016) emphasize the relevance of having a validated educational manual, supported by printed materials, because they serve as a guide and provide information for treatment compliance. Finally, Li, Guo, Ta ng, a nd Ya ng (2018), ma na ged to demonstrate that the effectiveness of nursing intentions has a positive effect on cancer patients. In this sense, Orem’s theory of self-care in patients undergoing chemotherapy encourages the oncology nurse to provide a safe environment of knowledge and self-care skills on an ongoing basis, in order to identify difficulties and limitations in compliance with nutrition, hygiene, infection prevention, and avoid complications. Consequently, Jiménez and Meneses (2015), maintain that the nurse must design a personalized plan of education on self-care before, during and after the chemotherapy tr eatment, where the sa tisfaction of ba sic needs such as feeding, prevention of infections, hygiene measures, and avoid complications is optimized in addition to meeting the therapeutic demands that the patient requires. It is therefore necessary to maintain a system of nurses that monitors their self-care behaviors and strengthens interpersonal relationships and effective communication. This is why it is necessary to maintain a system of nurses that monitors self-car e behavior and str engthens inter per sona l r ela tionships a nd effective communication. 309Castro, Riva, Health Education by Nurses: Self-Care of Patients With Chemotherapy From ... It should be noted that patients undergoing chemotherapy will be full of uncertainty, insecurity, fear and dread, as pointed out by Estrada (2017), who refers that patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment have changed their attitude towards self- care after guidance and counseling by the nurse. Since, patients diagnosed with cancer need an emotiona l pr epa ration to fa ce chemothera py treatment, during the whole process of the disease, where health education is the key, since it provides security to the patient to comply with self-care actions, which reduce the negative effects of chemotherapy treatment in terms of nutrition, hygiene measures, infection prevention, and avoid complications. In this sense, promoting self-care is to achieve the maturity in the patient to assume healthy behaviors continuously, when the patient undergoes chemotherapy treatment, he experiences nausea and vomiting, so it is indicated changes in the diet as eating a light breakfast, avoiding fatty and spicy foods. Similar ly, hydra tion is suggested the consumption of 2 liters of water per day, in addition to consuming proteins, vegetables, fruits and avoiding the consumption of harmful substances with alcohol and snuff. In addition, to avoid infections caused by possible contact with contaminated food, they are advised to wash, disinfect and cook food such as vegetables and fruits. In the hygiene measures are promoted hand washing, oral cleaning with a soft brush and bathing with soap every day, can provide comfort. Prevention of infections are related to fulfilling actions that generate the consumption of food that ensure proper handling and hygiene of food for consumption. It also strengthens personal hygiene, hand washing and strengthening a clean and healthy environment. In relation to avoid complications is to assume responsibility for prevention measures in relation to avoiding highly contaminated environments, avoid overcrowding in the environment where it interacts, consumption of harmful substances such as snuff and alcohol, as well as avoid self-medication that deteriorate the quality of life of the patient. METHODS The resear ch was a quantita tive, quasi- experimental and longitudinal in focus (Hernández, Fernandez & Baptista, 2014). The population included a total of 90 adult patients of both sexes, diagnosed with breast cancer, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, stomach cancer and lymphomas; who underwent outpatient chemotherapy treatments and who attended every 21 to 25 days, to the outpatient chemotherapy service according to the admission and care record. A self-care scale containing four dimensions was applied: Food, hygiene, infection prevention, and avoidance of complications, which consisted of 24 items, with a Likert scale and the instrument was validated by 5 experts, with a Cron Bach Alpha of 0.8. For the execution of the research, patients were invited to participate voluntarily, and were given informed consent for the cor r esponding signa tur e. Subsequently, the self-care instrument was applied which included 4 dimensions of feeding, hygiene, prevention of infections and avoid complications; with pre and post educational intervention to the 90 patients with chemotherapy treatment, who attended the outpatient chemotherapy service of a specialized oncologica l institute in Lima Per u. T hr ee personalized educational sessions were held, with an average of approximately 1 hour each session, and didactic materials (triptychs) were distributed. The doubts and questions of the participants were reinforced. Data processing in graphs and tables was done in the SPSS program, supported by Microsoft Office. RESULTS It is observed that in the self-care pre-test, patients with chemotherapy treatment reach 60% low level, 22.2% high level and only 17.8% medium level. These results vary significantly in the educational intervention post-test, where 96.7% reach a high level and 3.3% a medium level. In relation to self-care, according to the dimensions of the pre-test: Food: 52.2% low level and 26.7% high level; in Hygiene: 42.2% low level and 17.8% high level; in prevention of infections, the high level was 36% and the low level 30%; and avoid complications: 55.6% low level and 8.9% high level. Subsequently, in the post-test of self-care: in nutrition it reached 94.4% high level and 5.6% medium level; prevention of infections: 91.1% high level and 8.9% medium level, in the dimensions of Hygiene and Prevention of complications, a 100% high level was achieved. 310 Jurnal Ners dan Kebidanan, Volume 7, Nomor 3, Desember 2020, hlm. 307–313 DISCUSSION The self-care promoted by the oncology nurse specialist has the purpose of optimizing the health conditions during the disease process, achieving positive results in its recovery. (Blasco y Caballero, 2019). The objective of the present research was to deter mine self-ca r e in pa tients with chemotherapy in a pre - post educational intervention test, carried out by nurses from a specialized oncology institute. The results showed that in the pre-test the level of self-care was: 60% low and 17. 8% medium a nd a fter the educa tiona l intervention in the post-test the levels were: 96.7% high and 3.3% medium. This significant change allowed minimizing the effects of chemotherapy and favoring the patient’s well-being. These results coincide with the evidence of Almohammadi, Alqarni, Alraddad, Alzahrani (2020), who showed that patients who received education by the nursing professional acquired greater knowledge and high self-care behaviours, compared to those who received basic information. Likewise, Cruz, Ferreira, Vásquez, Mata and Reis (2016), expr essed tha t pa tients with chemothera py treatment, who have received educational interventions on self-care, have adopted healthy lifestyles that have helped them reduce the effects of chemotherapy, and have seen a rapid recovery and improvement in quality of life. Likewise, Riese, Weib, Borges,, Beylich, Dengler and Hermes-Moll (2017), showed that education and training of patients with chemotherapy, assumed effective self-care behaviors. On the other hand, authors such as Karimi, Makhsosi, Seyedi-Andi, Behzadi, Moghofeh, Mohammadinasrabadi, et al. (2017), determined that health education in cancer patients is a strategy to reduce the effects produced by chemotherapy, which will help to detect adverse events for early management and avoid health complications. We conclude that, self-care is a timely strategy to ensure that adverse effects from chemotherapy are minimized. According to Silvia and da Cunha (2015), who argue that adopting self-care strategies Table 2 Dimensions of self-care: food, hygiene, prevention of infection and avoid complications Educational inter- vention before and after the test for patients with chemotherapy in an institute specializing in cancer Lima Peru Food High Medium Under Total Level POS TEST Self-Care Dimensions PRE Hygiene Infection Prevention To Avoid Complications POS TESTPRE POS TESTPRE POS TESTPRE No % No % No % No % No % No % No % No % 24 26.7 85 94.4 16 17.60 90 100 40 36 82 91.1 8 8.9 90 100 19 21.1 5 5.6 36 40 0 0 19 17 8 8.9 32 35.6 0 0 47 52.2 0 0 38 42.4 0 0 31 30 0 0 50 55.6 0 0 90 100 90 100 90 100 90 100 90 100 90 100 90 100 90 100 Souce: Primary Data Variable EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION PRE TEST POST TEST Frequency Percent (%) Frequency Percent (%) High 20 22.20% 87 96.70% Medium 16 17.8 3 3.30% Under 54 60% 0 0 Total 90 100% 90 100% Souce: Primary Data Table 1 Frequency pre and post-test self-care of educational intervention for patients with chemotherapy in a specialized cancer institute 311Castro, Riva, Health Education by Nurses: Self-Care of Patients With Chemotherapy From ... a llows to over come the side effects of chemotherapy, providing safety and well-being to the patient. Health education is a challenge for health professionals, especially for nurses who must seek to develop educational strategies, to help maintain knowledge, skills and attitudes of self-care in patients with chronic diseases and in some cases, with many economic limitations, which place them in a high level of vulnerability and fragility. (Jimenez y Meneses, 2015) In reference to the dimensions of self-care evaluated in the pre-test: Food, 52.2% reached a low level and 26.7% a high level; in Hygiene, 42.2% a low level and 17.8% a high level; in Prevention of infections, the high level reached 36% and 30% a low level and avoid complications, 55.6% a low level and 8.9% a high level. Later, in the post-test of educational intervention, self-care in nutrition reaches 94.4% high and 5.6% medium level. Infection prevention: 91.1% high level and 8.9% medium level; in the dimensions: Hygiene and Avoid complications, 100% reach a high level. Results similar to those proposed by Karimi, Makhsosi, Seyedi-Andi, Behzadi, Moghofeh, Mohammadi- nasrabadi K., et al. (2017), who maintain that most pa tients pr esented side effects, which wer e preventable, if they assumed responsible self-care, which would help them reduce the effects of nausea and vomiting. Likewise, Cruz, Ferreira, Vásquez, Mata, Reis (2016), pointed out that the patients who r eceived specia lized educa tion on post- chemotherapy self-care and were given educational materials were able to assume self-care behaviors. This is stated in a research published in 2020 in Stockholm Sweden, Fjell, La ngius, Nilsson, Wengstron, Sundberg (2020), who found that in the group of patients who received an educational intervention on symptoms and self-care advice, nausea and vomiting, as well as loss of appetite, constipation, general malaise, improved emotional functioning compared to the control group that only received classical education. For Ramos, Yousaf, Badar and Abu (2020), who state that oncology nurses who educate the patient, play an important role in minimizing the side effects produced by chemotherapy. Nurses play an important role in preventive education and in managing the warning signs and symptoms that can produce or cause negative effects after chemotherapy, so you should design a personalized nursing intervention plan with holistic care, to fully meet basic and treatment needs. Similarly, the self-care deficit refers to the person’s lack of capacity and maturity for their own self- care and, therefore, the nursing system helps to maintain and restor e the pa tient’s self-car e behaviours, improving knowledge, skills and attitudes. Self-care deficits increase hospital readmissions, complications and raise health care costs. (Jimenez y Meneses, 2015) Thus, in Turkey 2017 Akin and Kas (2019), refer that cancer patients do develop self-confidence, when they assume self-care behaviors, because they result in a positive impact on cognitive performance and positively influence the patient’s quality of life. Based on these statements, health promotion and prevention should be assumed from an educational approach, where self-care should prevail within family spaces as preventive measures for the self-care of the patient and the family. Likewise, the delivery of educational materials allows for safe and continuous actions that manage to avoid a deficit in self-care. The nursing system is one of the activities that accompany patients to recover, maintain and rehabilitate their health during the whole process of the disease. (Jimenez y Meneses, 2015) Authors such as Wang, Yin y Jia (2019), indicate that self-ca re measures a re effective in impr oving physica l and menta l conditions, in patients receiving chemotherapy. Finally, the commitment of all actors involved in the health care process is to educate through standardized guidelines with printed material on patient and family health issues to minimize threatening situations during the disease process. To this end, health professionals must provide clear and accurate information and explanations about the diagnosis, treatment and management of the disease, so that the patient and family assume responsible decisions aimed at their own self-care, this means that behavior patterns are interacting according to their lifestyle. (Marriner, Tomey y Raile, 2011) (Meneses y Mayorca, 2014). CONCLUSION It is proven that the health education which was provided by nursing professionals about self-care in ca ncer patients allows for a n incr ea se in knowledge after an educational intervention, as well as sensitizes the patient and the family to incorporate self-care, achieving maturity to assume healthy behaviors in their daily lives, reducing the side 312 Jurnal Ners dan Kebidanan, Volume 7, Nomor 3, Desember 2020, hlm. 307–313 effects of chemotherapy to improve the quality of life. It was also shown that in the dimensions of self-care in cancer patients after the educational intervention they managed to obtain a high level of knowledge in the dimensions: hygiene and avoiding complica tions, while the a ver a ge levels of knowledge were the dimensions: Nutrition and infection prevention. These findings allow us to clarify the importance of continuous education in patients with chemotherapy to avoid complications and side effects of treatment. 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