Effectiveness of multicomponent intervention on stress and quality of sleep among patients with cancer who are undergoing radiation therapy in selected hospitals at Erode.

Effectiveness of multicomponent intervention on stress and quality of sleep among patients with cancer who are undergoing radiation therapy in selected hospitals at Erode. The study findings revealed that there is no association between the level of stress among cancer patients after intervention with their selected demographic variables except for sex (χ 2 =6.003) and family monthly income (χ 2 =16.362) and there is no association between the quality of sleep among patients with cancer after intervention with their selected demographic variables except for sex (χ 2 =9.999). There is a significant reduction in the level of stress and improvement in the quality of sleep among patients with cancer after multicomponent intervention. The study findings revealed that practicing non expensive and non pharmacological multicomponent intervention is beneficial for patients with cancer who are undergoing radiation therapy to improve their quality of sleep and in reducing the level of stress