CANCER RELATED FATIGUE HANDLING BASED ON INTERPROFESSIONAL CARE ON CANCER RELATED FATIGUE MANAGEMENT: A MIX METHOD STUDY

Cancer Related Fatigue (CRF) is a major problem that occurs in 80-90% of cancer patients. This condition can damage both the physical and psychological functions of the patient as well as daily activities. CRF management requires interdisciplinary cooperation between various health workers. Evidence based guidelines for CRF are not yet comprehensively available in CRF management. This study aims to explore guidelines for CRF handling based on interprofessional collaboration on CRF management as a theoretical structure to provide more comprehensive guidelines for handling fatigue.

Preparation of treatment guidelines will begin with an interprofessional care conference to incorporate scientific evidence in accordance with the conditions of cancer patients, review the guidelines and continue with clinical application in cancer patients with outpatient chemotherapy. The process of integrating guidelines into the CRF symptom management system will be gradual. The impact of implementing the guidelines will be evaluated from three aspects: innovation, outcome measures related to health personnel and outcome measures related to the readiness of the guidelines to be applied to the care of cancer patients.

This research is a quasi experimental research with a mix method approach. The research sample is health professionals who perform treatments for cancer patients, namely doctors, nurses, nutritionists and physiotherapists. Analysis of research data will be carried out by paired t-test and in-depth interviews to obtain qualitative data

Keywords: Cancer Related Fatigue (CRF), interprofessional care, CRF management, Health personnel satisfaction, Level of Innovation