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Acustimulation wrist bands are not effective for the control of chemotherapy-induced nausea in women with breast cancer . This experiment examined the efficacy of an acustimulation wrist band for the relief of chemotherapy-induced nausea using a randomized three-arm clinical trial ( active acustimulation , sham acustimulation , and no acustimulation ) in 96 women with breast cancer who experienced nausea at their first chemotherapy treatment . Five outcomes related to wrist band efficacy ( acute nausea , delayed nausea , vomiting , QOL , and total amount of antiemetic medication used ) were examined . The five outcomes were examined separately using analysis of covariance controlling for age and severity of past nausea . There were no significant differences in any of these study measures among the three treatment conditions ( P > 0.1 for all ) . Study results do not support the hypothesis that acustimulation bands are efficacious as an adjunct to pharmacological antiemetics for control of chemotherapy-related nausea in female breast cancer patients .
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Intervention_Physical
Acustimulation wrist bands
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Intervention_Physical
chemotherapy-induced
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Intervention_Physical
acustimulation wrist band
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Intervention_Physical
chemotherapy-induced
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Intervention_Physical
active acustimulation
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Intervention_Physical
sham acustimulation
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Intervention_Physical
no acustimulation
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Intervention_Physical
chemotherapy treatment
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Intervention_Physical
wrist band
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Intervention_Pharmacological
antiemetic medication
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Intervention_Physical
acustimulation bands
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Outcome_Adverse-effects
chemotherapy-induced nausea
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Outcome_Adverse-effects
chemotherapy-induced nausea
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Outcome_Other
wrist band efficacy
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Outcome_Adverse-effects
acute nausea
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Outcome_Adverse-effects
delayed nausea
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Outcome_Adverse-effects
vomiting
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Outcome_Mental
QOL
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Outcome_Other
total
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Outcome_Adverse-effects
amount of antiemetic medication used
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Outcome_Adverse-effects
severity of past nausea
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Outcome_Physical
chemotherapy-related nausea
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Participant_Condition
breast cancer
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Participant_Sample-size
96
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Participant_Sex
women
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Participant_Condition
breast cancer
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Participant_Condition
nausea at their first chemotherapy treatment
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Participant_Sex
female
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Participant_Condition
breast cancer