Models of support to family members during the trajectory of cancer: A scoping review

Samuelsson, Maria; Wennick, Anne; Jakobsson, Jenny; Bengtsson, Mariette

doi:10.1111/jocn.15832

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“…The results also showed that some parents, after feeling emotionally, physically and nancially drained, wanted somebody to listen to their worries, fears and needs. This is in agreement with other qualitative research that reported reliance on friends, family and society for emotional support during home care of children with cancer (22)(23)(24).…”

Section: Cope Strategies Of Parents Whose Children Are Diagnosed With...supporting

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Experience and Coping Strategies of Parents Regarding Home Care of Children After a Cancer Diagnosis in Rwanda

Musabeyesu

Ndayisenga

Niyoyita

et al. 2023

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Background Home care for childhood cancer has recently gained acceptance in Sub-Saharan African countries including Rwanda. Home care may have positive implications for patients and their families, but it may also be burdensome to the caregivers. Little is known about the parents’ experience with home care in childhood cancer in Africa. The purpose of the study This study aimed to explore the experience and coping strategies of parents regarding home care of children diagnosed with cancer in Rwanda. Methods This study was qualitative using a phenomenological design. Ten participants (four key informant interviews and a focus group of six participants) participated who were parents of children diagnosed with cancer. Data were transcribed from audiotaped interviews, codes assigned to the content, and themes generated through thematic analysis using the Hycner version. Results The study revealed negative experiences regarding challenges, and individual coping strategies of parents regarding home care. Identified themes concerning experience were Feeling helpless, knowing that giving home care was laborious, feeling overwhelmed, feeling inadequate, and feeling uncertain. Identified themes concerning coping were Reliance on spirituality to cope, Balancing my emotions, Getting my mind off the current situation, Keeping life as normal as possible, Rebalancing life, and Finding and accepting support from family and friends. Conclusion Childhood cancer is emotionally, physically, and psychologically draining for parents. However, the challenges experienced enabled the parents to discover personal strategies to cope with the demands of home care.

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Experience and Coping Strategies of Parents Regarding Home Care of Children After a Cancer Diagnosis in Rwanda

Musabeyesu

Ndayisenga

Niyoyita

et al. 2023

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“…Prior studies observed an important role of patients' family members in treatment acceptance 33 . However, there is also research showing that the inner‐familiarly relationships are individual and complex, and they may be supportive as well as obstructive 34 . Patients with a higher tumor stage (≥II) and, therefore, a worse prognosis tended to have a higher acceptance rate at the time of the data collection than patients with stage I BC.…”

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“…33 However, there is also research showing that the innerfamiliarly relationships are individual and complex, and they may be supportive as well as obstructive. 34 Patients with a higher tumor stage (≥II) and, therefore, a worse prognosis tended to have a higher acceptance rate at the time of the data collection than patients with stage I BC. This result is plausible, as the benefit of AET is significantly higher in patients with worse prognosis.…”

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The role of trust in the acceptance of adjuvant endocrine therapy in breast cancer patients

Elfgen

Güth

et al. 2022

Psycho-Oncology

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Objective: Despite adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) considerably reducing mortality and recurrence in hormonal receptor-positive (HR+) breast cancer (BC) patients, acceptance of AET remains an issue. The reasoning behind the lack of acceptance is complex and multifactorial, and some associated risk factors have been previously analyzed. Our study aims to assess women's beliefs and concerns toward AET and women's trust in the treating physician, focusing on determining the importance of these factors in the acceptance of AET. Methods: Out of n = 539, n = 269 women with HR + BC participated in a crosssectional online survey. The main study variables were AET necessity beliefs and concerns (Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire) and the trust in treating physicians. A binary hierarchical logistic regression was applied to predict AET acceptance. Results:We did not observe a meaningful mean difference in the necessity beliefs between women who accepted versus refused AET by the time of study conduct.Women with ongoing AET intake indicated significantly higher trust in their treating physician (d = 0.57) and have lower concerns (d = −1.65) regarding AET than women who had declined or discontinued AET prematurely. Results of the logistic regression demonstrated that after adjusting for clinical factors (e.g., prognosis, age), higher trust and lower concerns significantly increased the likelihood of accepting AET treatment. Conclusions:Our results demonstrate the importance of discussing potential concerns regarding AET and establishing a trustful patient-physician relationship, which outweighs non-modifiable factors such as cancer prognosis.

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“…Family caregivers encounter a conflict between being caring duties and their own needs [ 54 ] which may explain increased caregiver cardiovascular and psychological morbidity [ 55 ] as well as increased all-cause mortality [ 56 ]. Family-specific interventions include psychological support, psychoeducation interventions and caregiver support [ 57 ].…”

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What is the evidence behind cancer care reviews, a primary care cancer support tool? A scoping review

et al. 2022

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Purpose A “cancer care review” (CCR) is a conversation between a patient recently diagnosed with cancer and primary care practitioner soon after a diagnosis of cancer in the UK. This scoping review aimed to identify: methodology and validated outcome measures used to evaluate CCRs, the impact of CCRs on quality of life or symptoms, and the views of patients, their carers and healthcare professionals on CCRs. Methods A scoping review was performed and five databases (MEDLINE, Embase, PsychINFO, Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar) were searched systematically from January 2000 to March 2022. Results Of 4133 articles, ten met the inclusion criteria. These included surveys, qualitative research on stakeholders’ views and a small study evaluating group consultation CCRs. There were no studies on methodology to evaluate CCRs or the impact of CCRs on patient quality of life or symptoms. Some primary care professionals felt CCRs were a tick-box exercise, and that they had inadequate time to deliver care, compounded by inadequate primary-secondary care coordination and lack of expertise which was echoed by patients. Interviews with patients found few recalled CCRs and those that recalled CCRs did, did not find them particularly helpful. Partners of patients would welcome CCRs to raise personal health concerns and remain updated on patient care. Conclusions Further studies should identify the role that stakeholders believe they should have in CCRs, improve care coordination between primary care and secondary care and how to support caregivers. Implications for Cancer Survivors There is currently insufficient evidence to support the use of CCRs in general practice.

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Models of support to family members during the trajectory of cancer: A scoping review

Abstract: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Cited by 15 publications

References 97 publications

Experience and Coping Strategies of Parents Regarding Home Care of Children After a Cancer Diagnosis in Rwanda

Experience and Coping Strategies of Parents Regarding Home Care of Children After a Cancer Diagnosis in Rwanda

The role of trust in the acceptance of adjuvant endocrine therapy in breast cancer patients

What is the evidence behind cancer care reviews, a primary care cancer support tool? A scoping review

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