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T1  - Empowering patient education on self-care activity among patients with colorectal cancer – a research protocol for a randomised trial 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/330954 
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A1  - Tuominen, Leena; Ritmala-Castrén, Marita; Nikander, Pia; Mäkelä, Siru; Vahlberg, Tero; Leino-Kilpi, Helena 
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PB  - BioMed Central 
Y1  - 2021 
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AB  - Abstract
              
                Background
                Chemotherapy-induced side effects may have a negative effect on nutrition intake, thus increasing the risk of malnutrition and consequently, other serious complications for patients with cancer. The prevalence of malnutrition is common among patients with colorectal cancer. Nurse-led empowering education may have a positive effect on self-care activity in this patient group. Therefore, our purpose is to develop an empowering educ... 
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KW  - Empowerment; Education; Self-care; Chemotherapy; Nutrition; Side effect; Patients with colorectal cancer 
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