Telephone interventions for symptom management in adults with cancer

Ream, Emma; Hughes, Amanda; Cox, Anna; Skarparis, Katy; Richardson, Alison; Pedersen, Vivi; Wiseman, Theresa; Forbes, Angus; Bryant, Andrew

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd007568.pub2

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“…It is also important for nurses to explore other approaches to the management of pain that are not so traditional, but they fit more to the needs of people in the contemporary society. 27,28 As far as efficient and effective use of medication is concerned, the same research showed that nurses have insufficient knowledge regarding opioid analgesics, risks of addiction and tolerance to opioids and systematic pain assessment. 29 These shortcomings can be tackled with more education on pain management.…”

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Knowledge and Attitudes of Home Care Nurses in Cyprus in the Management of Cancer Pain

Hadjisavva

Papastavrou

Kouta

2020

Home Health Care Management & Practice

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Pain is a common symptom for cancer patients. It is a problem for themselves and their relatives. Nurses are confronted with the treatment of cancer pain in their everyday clinical practice. Efficient management requires accurate and appropriate knowledge, positive attitudes, and competent evaluation skills. The aim is to explore the knowledge and attitudes of Cypriot home care nurses in pain management of cancer patients. Regarding methodology, a quantitative descriptive design was used and the data were collected with the Greek version of the McCaffery and Ferrell Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain questionnaire along with a demographic questionnaire. The sample of the study consisted of home care nurses working in non-profit organizations in Cyprus ( n = 31). For the analysis of data, the SPSSv.21. was used and the statistical significance was set to the p = .05. Results revealed of the total of 35 questions only 13 were answered correctly by the 80% of the participants. Limited knowledge was reported mainly on the duration of action, the effect and dosage of Pethidine, the risk of addiction and the use of non-medication interventions. Significant differences were found to the level of knowledge as regards the age and the experience of nurses. In the case study exercise, it was found that false assessment of pain was related to wrong decisions. Nurses’ attitudes seemed to be positive. In conclusion, the study revealed the knowledge deficits and need for continuous education of home care nurses on the assessment and management of pain for patients with cancer. Empowering nurses with better skills to deal with pain, a most distressing symptom of cancer, will result in a better quality of life for patients. However, the integration of pain management within the national cancer strategies is also very important.

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Knowledge and Attitudes of Home Care Nurses in Cyprus in the Management of Cancer Pain

Hadjisavva

Papastavrou

Kouta

2020

Home Health Care Management & Practice

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“…Integrative medicine typically includes personalized "high-touch" services, such as acupuncture and massage, as well as group programs in yoga, music, and other modalities, making a transition to remotely delivered care challenging. Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of technology (e.g., mobile health [8] or telephone [9]) to support cancer treatment-related symptom management (e.g., depression, anxiety, fatigue) [9] has been on the rise. However, with the exception of exercise-related studies [8], most previously tested mobile health or telephone-based oncology symptom management approaches have not focused on integrative oncology interventions [9].…”

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“…Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of technology (e.g., mobile health [8] or telephone [9]) to support cancer treatment-related symptom management (e.g., depression, anxiety, fatigue) [9] has been on the rise. However, with the exception of exercise-related studies [8], most previously tested mobile health or telephone-based oncology symptom management approaches have not focused on integrative oncology interventions [9]. To this point, little has been described about how integrative oncology services offered by National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Centers have been transformed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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Lessons learned from the delivery of virtual integrative oncology interventions in clinical practice and research during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Phillips

Berfield

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s The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and subsequent need for disease transmission mitigation efforts have significantly altered the delivery of cancer care (e.g., rise of telemedicine), including within the field of integrative oncology. However, little has been described about how National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Centers have transformed integrative oncology care delivery in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this commentary is to describe the delivery of integrative oncology clinical services and conduct of research at The Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical services transitioned from an array of in-person appointment-based services, such as acupuncture and massage, and group programs, such as yoga and nutrition seminars to a combination of live-streamed and on-demand virtual group programs and one-on-one virtual appointments for services such as acupressure and self-care massage. Group program volume grew from 2189 in-person program patient visits in the 6 months prior to onset of the COVID pandemic to 16,366 virtual (e.g., live-streamed or on-demand) patient visits in the first 6 months of the pandemic. From a research perspective, two integrative oncology studies, focused on yoga and music therapy, respectively, were transitioned from in-person delivery to a virtual format. Participant accrual to these studies increased after the transition to virtual consent and intervention delivery. Overall, our clinical and research observations at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute suggest that the delivery of virtual integrative oncology treatments is feasible and appealing to patients. Trial Registration: NCT03824860 (Yoga); NCT03709225 (Music Therapy)

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“…The gap in comprehensive care is calling for continuous multidisciplinary care service for optimal patient management which has been reported beneficial to prognosis [8]. In addition, systemic FU management at the government level in China has not been established as in European and American countries [9,10]. Therefore, the major challenge in clinical practice in China is that clinicians have no evidence-based protocol regarding follow up meeting patients' needs and for subgroup patients, for example, for patients with poor accessibility to health facilitates or with comorbidities, or with financial stress.…”

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Adherence to post-surgery follow-up assessment and its association with sociodemographic and disease characteristics in patients with breast cancer in Central China

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Background Follow-up after curative surgery is increasingly recognized as an important component of breast cancer care. Although current guideline regulates the follow-ups, there are no relevant studies on the adherence to it in China. This study investigated the post-surgery follow-up and explored its association with patients, tumor and treatment characteristics. Methods A total of 711 patients underwent surgical treatment in Shanxi Bethune Hospital from March 2012 to May 2018 were included in this study. Baseline sociodemographic, tumor, and treatment characteristics were obtained from the hospital electronic medical records. The post-surgery follow-up was reviewed and assessed from the patient’s follow-up examination record. Factors associated with the first three-year follow up was evaluated using logistic regression analysis. Results The annual follow-up rate after surgery decreased gradually from 67.1% at the 1st year, 60.2% at the 3rd year to 51.9% at the 4th year, and 43.5% at the 5th year. Loss of follow-up during the first 3 years after surgery was significantly associated with older age (> 65 years), lower medical insurance coverage, axillary lymph node dissection, and less intensity of systemic treatment. Conclusion A significant downtrend of annual follow-up rate for breast cancer survivors was confirmed in this study. Loss of follow-up within the first 3 years after surgery was associated with both patient’s characteristics and treatment. These results will provide evidence to help clinicians to develop tailored patient management after curative surgery.

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Telephone interventions for symptom management in adults with cancer

Cited by 67 publications

References 99 publications

Knowledge and Attitudes of Home Care Nurses in Cyprus in the Management of Cancer Pain

Knowledge and Attitudes of Home Care Nurses in Cyprus in the Management of Cancer Pain

Lessons learned from the delivery of virtual integrative oncology interventions in clinical practice and research during the COVID-19 pandemic

Adherence to post-surgery follow-up assessment and its association with sociodemographic and disease characteristics in patients with breast cancer in Central China

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