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This study is to examine the effects of breathing exercises on nausea, vomiting and anxiety levels in patients with gynecological cancer. 1 Exercise: * Find a quiet, calm and comfortable place for yourself. * Lie on your back in a comfortable place (flat surface, bed or couch) and bend your knees or sit in a comfortable place (chair or armchair). * Close your eyes. * Place your left hand on your belly and your right hand on your chest. * Take a deep breath through your nose for 4 seconds. * Feel your hand on your belly rise and your belly swell as you breathe in. * Make sure your chest is not swollen. * Hold your breath for 4 seconds. Breathe out in 4 seconds. * Do this 10 times every day, morning and evening, 3 times.

The patient received standard nursing care and the scale was applied after the intervention. The 21-question inventory developed by Dr. Aaron T. Beck was used. The reliability and validity of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), which is used to measure the severity of depression, was performed in our country by N. Hisli in 1989. (Cronbach's alpha value was calculated as 0.85). Each question takes a value between 0-3 points. When evaluating the results; 0-10 points are normal; 11-16 points are mild mood disorder; 17-20 points are borderline clinical depression; 21-30 points are moderate depression; 31-40 points are severe depression and over 40 points are very severe depression (Çiçekçe et al, 2023).

The scale was developed by Rhodes and McDaniel (1999), and its Turkish validity and reliability were carried out by Fatma Genç and Mehtap Tan. The scale, which evaluates the number and severity of nausea-vomiting-retching episodes in the last 24 hours, consists of eight items. The scale has three sub-dimensions: Symptom Experience, Symptom Formation, and Symptom Distress. The responses to the items on the five-point Likert-type scale are scored as 0 = minimum 22 distress level, 4 = maximum distress level. When evaluating the scores, items 1, 3, 6, and 7 are reversed. The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 32, and higher scores mean that nausea-vomiting symptoms have increased in patients (Odabaşı et al, 2021).