Palliative Care as the Driving Force for Providing Psychological Comfort to Patients with Cancer: A Hermeneutic Study

Seyedfatemi, Naimeh; Mardani-Hamooleh, Marjan; Borimnejad, Leili; Tahmasebi, Mamak

doi:10.17795/ijcp-4516

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“…Similarly, researchers in Iran declared that psychological PC of patients is done in the form of decreasing tension and empathizing with them. 26 Findings this study revealed that for more effective PC services, it is better to have nurses' cooperation. The present study did not evaluate the concept of PC in one specific kind of cancer and it takes into consideration all kinds of cancers.…”

Section: Theme 3: Psychological Factorsmentioning

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Perceived factors to providing palliative care for patients with cancer - a qualitative systematic review

2020

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Palliative care (PC) is one of the necessary cares given throughout a patient’s experience with cancer. The aim of this study was to identify the perceived factors to providing PC for patients with cancer. Our study was a systematic review of qualitative literature. To this end, electronic databases, including CINAHL, PubMed, PsycINFO, Ovid, and Web of Science as well as Persian databases were searched and qualitative studies on the role of PC in patients with cancer published between Jan 2008 and Dec 2017 were selected. Generally, 12 studies were reviewed. A thematic synthesis approach was used to analyze the data. Exploring the selected articles, the findings on the perceived factors to providing PC for patients with cancer were categorized into three themes, including organizational factors, ethical factors, and psychological factors. This qualitative systematic review expands our knowledge about factors influencing the provision of PC for patients with cancer. It is necessary for health system managers and caregivers to pay attention to all aforesaid factors in order to improve PC for cancer patients.

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Section: Theme 3: Psychological Factorsmentioning

confidence: 79%

Perceived factors to providing palliative care for patients with cancer - a qualitative systematic review

2020

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“…The important components and findings of final included articles are presented in Table 2 . Results of the study showed that included studies had a focus on different patients/participants including cancer,[ 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 ] hemodialysis,[ 45 ] heart failure,[ 46 47 ] chronic disease,[ 48 ] chronic pain,[ 49 ] and with anonymous groups. [ 50 51 52 53 54 55 ] Several provinces/cities were engaged in the studies including Tehran,[ 12 13 14 15 17 20 21 24 25 26 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 37 39 40 41 42 43 48 , 51 , 52 Isfahan,[ 22 27 28 …”

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“…[ 23 ] Majority of studies had quantitative approach, including interventional,[ 17 18 19 22 23 29 31 33 35 44 47 49 54 ] descriptive,[ 20 39 41 42 50 53 ] and correlational-analytical. [ 37 45 46 51 ] This was then followed by qualitative[ 12 13 14 15 16 21 24 25 26 27 30 32 34 36 40 43 48 52 ] and mixed methods. [ 28 38 55 ] In quantitative interventional PC studies, a range of medical-surgical,[ 17 18 19 23 29 31 33 37 ] educational,[ 44 49 54 ] and psycho-spiritual[ 22 35 ] managements were used as an independent variable.…”

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“…Qualitative research was also an important portion of palliative research recognized in this review either in the shape of a single study or in combination with a quantitative arm as a mixed-methods research. This indicates the growing interest of researchers particularly nurse's researchers to qualitatively explore palliative concept and related components,[ 12 14 24 25 52 ] current and future challenges,[ 13 16 34 36 48 ] or physio-psycho-spiritual/symptom palliation[ 32 40 43 ] in an Iranian context. Also, attempts were made to mine health care perceptions[ 15 30 ] and even empower them.…”

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Current State of Palliative Care in Iran and Related Issues

Bagheri

Hashemi

Bahrami

2021

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research

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Background: Palliative research studies seem to be limited and disperse in Iran. The present study was therefore conducted to review and categorize the Palliative Care (PC) studies performed in Iran in terms of the research type, the type/focus of PC, the measured outcomes in interventional palliative studies and their related results, the disease type, and their geographical distribution. Materials and Methods: This narrative review was conducted in 2021 in which both Iranian and international databases including PubMed, Scopus, Web of science, CINAHL, ProQuest, Magiran, SID, Noormags, ISC were searched. The inclusion criteria were original articles conducted in Iran and results published in Persian or English journals ab initio in which PC was assessed as a variable (dependent or independent) or the main concept. Results: A total of 1096 articles were identified from which only 44 articles were reviewed. The research studies were mainly focused on cancer and majority conducted in Tehran. Majority of studies were quantitative-interventional leading to a variety of positive changes in dependent variables, including reduce in pain severity, change in life pattern, a good response to therapy, increase life expectancy, improve in dysphagia, improve quality of life, reduce patients' metastasis, and increase in nurses' self-efficacy. Conclusions: The PC studies distributed across different fields and cities in Iran resulted to a number of positive outcomes for patients. More focused and robust research studies with different patients need to be conducted in this emerging field in Iran.

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Ethical Challenges in Cancer Care: A Qualitative Analysis of Nurses' Perceptions

Rezaee

Mardani-Hamooleh

Ghaljeh

2019

Res Theory Nurs Pract

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Cancer is a growing problem in the world, meanwhile, the issue of providing care for cancer patients has been associated with multiple ethical challenges (ECs). This study aimed to investigate and explain the nurses' perceptions of ECs in caring for cancer patients in Iran. In this qualitative study, the participants consisted of 25 nurses working in cancer wards. The typical EC that the nurses are faced with while caring for cancer patients included categories such as “creating moral distresses” and “threat to patient's autonomy.” The category of creating moral distress consisted of two subcategories, including “faulty communication process” and “provision of futile care.” Also, the category of “threat to patient's autonomy” included subcategories of “individual factors” and “organizational factors.” Since disregarding ethical principles in caring for patients with cancer will result in greater ECs in this respect, the healthcare administrators should make more effort to help establish transparent rules, and develop protocols needed to identify and eliminate these ECs.

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Palliative Care as the Driving Force for Providing Psychological Comfort to Patients with Cancer: A Hermeneutic Study

Cited by 3 publications

References 27 publications

Perceived factors to providing palliative care for patients with cancer - a qualitative systematic review

Perceived factors to providing palliative care for patients with cancer - a qualitative systematic review

Current State of Palliative Care in Iran and Related Issues

Ethical Challenges in Cancer Care: A Qualitative Analysis of Nurses' Perceptions

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