The Impact of Exercise on Fatigue among Patients Undergoing Adjuvant Radiation Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Halemani, Kurvatteppa; Issac, Alwin; Mishra, Prabhaker; Mathias, Edlin Glane

doi:10.34172/jcs.2022.02

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“…Continuous care ( Huang et al, 2022c ) refers to medical caregivers helping patients transition from an acute to a subacute phase of the disease management in a timely and effective manner, and to patients enjoying relevant care at home after discharge ( Bradt et al, 2016 ). Kim and Yoon (2022) suggested that patients’ needs are related to support for treatment-related somatic symptoms (e.g., fatigue, pain, nausea, and vomiting), emotional problems (e.g., fear of relapse, anxiety, and depression), and social problems (e.g., lack of support from family, society, and caregivers) ( Zhang et al, 2016 ; Halemani et al, 2022 ). At present, there are few researches on continuity of cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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Continuous care needs in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy during the recent omicron wave of COVID-19 in Shanghai: A qualitative study

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AimsThis study aimed to investigate the care needs, to clarify the factors affecting the quality of homecare, and to provide reference for constructing a homecare system for patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy during the recent omicron wave of COVID-19 in Shanghai.MethodsFrom March to May 2022 when the omicron wave emerged in Shanghai, 50 consecutive patients who received chemotherapy at Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, were enrolled, and underwent face-to-face or telephone-based semi-structured interviews regarding continuous care needs. Some of their homecare-givers, caring nurses, and physicians were also interviewed. The Colaizzi method was used for data analysis.ResultsFifty patients, 4 homecare-givers, 4 nurses, and 4 physicians were interviewed. Three themes and six subthemes emerged from analysis of the interviews: The first theme was “Disease management needs,” including needs for knowledge of managing adverse events associated with chemotherapy, and needs for treatment-related information. Patients expressed most concern about not being able to go to the hospital for blood review and disease evaluation in time due to the outbreak. With the COVID-19 pandemic being ongoing, factors such as pandemic panic, inconvenient medical treatment, and worry about hospital cross-infection might reduce disease management for patients with cancer. The second theme was “Medical needs,” including needs for mobile healthcare and needs for medical resources. All interviewees emphasized the importance of mobile healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic, as access to hospitals was difficult. The third theme was “Spiritual needs,” including demands for psychological counseling and intervention, and needs for spiritual care. Patients and homecare-givers commonly lacked a feeling of security and needed communication, encouragement, and reassurance that medical care could be delivered to them, and patients reported that they very much wanted psychological advice.ConclusionFor patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic, continuous care is greatly needed. Medical personnel should strengthen the healthcare education for patients and their caregivers during hospitalization, and further improve the patients’ information intake rate through Internet-based digital healthcare methods during homecare, to further meet the information needs of patients after discharge from hospital.

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Continuous care needs in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy during the recent omicron wave of COVID-19 in Shanghai: A qualitative study

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“…39 Initiation of EEN could alleviate or reverse the catabolic state and prevent intestinal villi atrophy and impairment of gut immune function. [40][41][42] A recent meta-analysis inferred that EEN initiated within 24 hours of ICU admission reduced the mortality rate compared with initiating enteral nutrition after 24 hours. 43 However, a meta-analysis by the Cochrane organization inferred the available evidence to be of very low quality, leading to uncertainty as to whether EEN, compared with LEN, affects the risk of mortality, feed intolerance, and GI complications.…”

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Efficacy of Early Enteral Nutrition on Gastrointestinal Surgery Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Congenital anomalies, congenital malformations, or birth defects can be defined as any structural or functional anomalies that develop prenatally and could be identified before, at birth, or later in life. Approximately 6% of babies are born with a congenital anomaly, which results in 2.4 million newborn deaths worldwide. This systematic review and meta-analysis ascertained the quantitative studies published in PubMed, ClinicalKey, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar. Two authors independently screened and extracted the data from the primary studies that analyzed the efficacy of early enteral nutrition (EEN) on the postoperative outcome. This systematic review and meta-analysis adopted Cochrane Collaboration guidelines and reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) statement. The methodological quality of trials was assessed by Cochrane Collaboration's risk of bias tool. Six trials, representing 488 children, with age ranging from 10 days to 6.5 years, fulfilled the inclusion criteria. EEN has significantly shortened hospital stay, induced early fecal movement, and reduced postoperative wound infections in children with congenital gastrointestinal abnormalities undergoing gastrointestinal anastomosis compared with children who received late enteral nutrition. The review also found that the experimental group who received EEN had no significant impact on the anastomosis leakage, vomiting, and abdominal distension. EEN has some positive effects on postsurgery outcomes among children with congenital gastrointestinal anomalies undergoing gastrointestinal anastomosis.

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“…Therefore, the administration needs to be updated and compliant with the BLS training programme for school teachers and nurses should also take an active role while implementing this programme. 19,20 This study recommended conducting further studies in large populations, especially in rural areas. Most teachers working in rural areas had less knowledge, attitude and skills regarding BLS.…”

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An Intervention Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Hands-on Practice of Basic Life Support (BLS) Training on Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) among Teachers in Selected High Schools of Patna, Bihar

Jain

2022

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Introduction: Basic Life Support (BLS) has recently received special attention because the majority of cardiac arrests occur outside of the hospital, The advancement of technology with medical research contributes to evidence-based care for critically ill patients. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Basic Life Support (BLS) on knowledge, attitude, and practice among high school teachers. Materials and Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted among school teachers. A total of 112 participants were selected using a non-probability purposive sampling technique to evaluate the effectiveness of Basic Life Support (BLS) in terms of knowledge, attitude, and practice. A pre-test was conducted before the intervention and apost-test assessment was done at the end of the 5th day. Result: On the assessment of demographic variables, the majority of participants were found to be male (86, 76.8%), aged between 20 and 30 years (54, 40.2%), and postgraduate (87, 77.7%). The pre and post-test mean, SD, mean difference, standard error, and paired test were employed. On assessing the knowledge of school teachers, the mean difference between pre and post-test was found to be 1.82, standard error was 0.03, and paired t-test value was 50.1. Similarly, in attitude, the mean difference between pre and post-test was 1.92 and paired t-test value was 1.43. Analysis of practice skills showed that the mean difference between pre and post-test was 2.00, standard error was 0.00, and paired t-test value was 0.00. Conclusion: Basic Life Support (BLS) is a highly effective intervention for school teachers. Most of the school teachers improved their knowledge, attitude and practice after the intervention.

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The Impact of Exercise on Fatigue among Patients Undergoing Adjuvant Radiation Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Cited by 5 publications

References 53 publications

Continuous care needs in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy during the recent omicron wave of COVID-19 in Shanghai: A qualitative study

Continuous care needs in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy during the recent omicron wave of COVID-19 in Shanghai: A qualitative study

Efficacy of Early Enteral Nutrition on Gastrointestinal Surgery Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

An Intervention Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Hands-on Practice of Basic Life Support (BLS) Training on Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) among Teachers in Selected High Schools of Patna, Bihar

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