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| Study | Year | Sample size | Design/population | Method | Outcome |
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Houston and Scholes [12] | 2004 | 75 | Cancer patients under chemotherapy in various age-gender groups | Case-control | 10 min feet massage is effective in reducing CINV |
| Lefebvre [13] | 2005 | 120 | Over 30-year-old women with breast cancer under radiation therapy | Clinical trial | Massage therapy is effective in reducing nausea |
| Yusrizal et al. [14] | 2006 | 56 | Cancer patients under chemotherapy in various age-gender groups | Case-control | Supportive behavioral, cognitive, relaxation, and visualization techniques did not affect CINV |
| Viswanathan and Eisenberg [15] | 2006 | 112 | Cancer patients with normal hearing under chemotherapy | Case-control | Instruction of relaxation using audio tape was effective in reducing the intensity of delayed nausea and vomiting in patients with cancer |
| Lapoint et al. [16] | 2006 | 44 | Cancer patients under chemotherapy in various age-gender groups | Case-control | Using acupuncture in patients receiving chemotherapy brings about antinausea effects. Yet, results were not statistically significant |
| Radtke and Lapoint [17] | 2004 | 15 | Patients over 12 years of age under chemotherapy in two gender groups | Clinical trial | A combination of music therapy and visualization was not effective regarding the reduction of nausea |
| Brandt et al. [18] | 2005 | 87 | Cancer patients under chemotherapy in various age-gender groups | Case control | Moderately massaging patients’ back reduced nausea in cancer patients under chemotherapy |
| Hummerston et al. [19] | 2011 | 80 | Cancer patients under chemotherapy in various age-gender groups | Case-control | Ice massage in cancer patients under chemotherapy decreases the amount of nausea and vomiting to 45% as compared to control group |
Chik and Morrow
[20] | 2013 | 19 | Patients with gastric cancer between 20 and 40 years of age in two gender groups | Case-control | Massaging in water is effective in reducing CINV in patients under chemotherapy |
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