A Parent-Delivered Foot Bath Intervention for Chemotherapy-Related Fatigue in Children with Cancer: A Family-Centered Randomized Controlled Trial
Abstract
Highlights What are the main findings? Daily fatigue (ONS-VFS) declined significantly over 7 days in both the intervention and control groups (median 5 to 2; Friedman p 0.05). On the Pediatric Oncology Fatigue Assessment Scale, no between-group differences favored the intervention; a single child-report subscale difference favored the control group and is most plausibly attributable to multiple comparisons. Adherence was complete (100%), no adverse events occurred, and all 61 participants completed the protocol. Conclusions: A parent-delivered foot bath is a safe, feasible, and well-accepted family-centered nursing intervention, with complete adherence and no adverse events. This trial was not powered to detect between-group differences and did not demonstrate superiority over standard care; adequately powered trials are needed to determine efficacy.
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Evidence Hub reads this as a randomized trial, done in people. Its evidence level is 2 of 5 (High · randomized trial). Randomized trials of a reasonable size are the strongest single-study design. Reported size: 61 participants or records.
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