Decision-Making Experience Related to Mastectomy Among Women With Breast Cancer: An Integrative Review
Conclusions
This review provides in-depth information about decision-making experiences and factors that influence the choice of mastectomy. Research is required about women who have had a mastectomy using standardized instruments to investigate their decision-making experiences. Studies are also necessary in non-Western countries.
Implications for Practice
The factors and experiences identified in this review may help nurses to assist in the treatment decision-making process. Further research is required regarding breast care and other nurses' involvement in the decision-making process related to mastectomy. (S...
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Relationship of Circadian Rhythm and Psychological Health in Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer
Conclusions
Circadian rhythm disorder and psychological distress were common among AYA cancer survivors. Evening-type participants performed worse on character strength, confrontation, and avoidance of medical coping.
Implications for practice
Healthcare professionals need to understand the circadian rhythm and psychological health of AYA cancer survivors. Psychological rehabilitation guidance, especially within the 6 months after diagnosis, may benefit AYA survivors according to their chronotype. Character strengths can also be used during rehabilitation to properly guide AYA survivors. (Source: Cancer Nursing)
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Effect of Reiki Therapy on Quality of Life and Fatigue Levels of Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy
Background
The quality of life of patients receiving chemotherapy decreases, and fatigue is one of the most common symptoms. Reiki is used for cancer patients as an energy-based complementary and alternative method.
Objective
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Reiki therapy on the quality of life and fatigue levels in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
Methods
This was a pretest-posttest, quasi-experimental study with a control group: 70 patients enrolled with 35 participants in the experimental group and 35 in the control group. The experimental group received 6 sessions of ...
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Financial Toxicity in Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer: A Concept Analysis
Conclusions
Results of this analysis clarify financial toxicity and provide guidance for a conceptual framework in the context of AYA cancer survivorship. Its consequences in AYAs with cancer are profound and will continue to evolve over time with changes in health systems and the economy.
Implications for Practice
Oncology nurses should understand the attributes and consequences of financial toxicity for AYAs throughout the cancer trajectory. Future research on financial toxicity should extend across AYAs living with other chronic illnesses and cancer survivors in other age groups. (Source: Cancer Nursing)
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Multifaceted Support Interventions for Siblings of Children With Cancer: A Systematic Review
Conclusions
Understanding outcomes, core components, and characteristics of effective interventions is important to translate sibling-support interventions into standard practice. Such considerations are important in delivering equitable family-centered care to siblings of children with cancer.
Implications for Practice
As institutions create mechanisms to support siblings, it may be important to target high-risk siblings initially, partner with community resources, attend to underrecognized populations of siblings, and more fully incorporate family into sibling support. (Source: Cancer Nursing)
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Is the Postsurgical Quality of Life of Patients With Esophageal or Gastric Cancer Influenced by Emotional Competence and Neoadjuvant Treatments?
Conclusion
Emotional competence promotes fewer anxiety and depressive symptoms and less impaired HRQoL after diagnosis and after surgery, especially for patients without neoadjuvant treatments.
Implications for Practice
It is important for oncology nurses and other clinicians to consider the role of emotional processes in postsurgical HRQoL in relation to the type of received treatments and to reinforce the use of EC by cancer patients to improve their adjustment. (Source: Cancer Nursing)
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The Benefit of a Couple-Based Intervention Among Women in Active Cancer Treatment on Sexual Concerns: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Conclusions
The results demonstrated that the approach of 3 couple-based therapeutic conversations is beneficial in reducing sexual concerns among women in active cancer treatment.
Implications for Practice
Advanced nurse practitioners can develop and offer brief psychoeducational support that is helpful in reducing sexual concerns among women in active cancer treatment. (Source: Cancer Nursing)
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The Effect of Acupressure on Relieving Cancer-Related Fatigue: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Background
Fatigue, a common complaint reported by patients with cancer or in survivorship, has been negatively associated with quality of life, emotional health, and cognitive functions. Acupressure, a traditional Chinese medicine, has been increasingly practiced in clinical and community settings. However, little evidence supports the beneficial effects of acupressure on the reduction of general, physical, and mental fatigue in cancer survivors.
Objective
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of acupressure on fatigue in cancer survivors and the moderators of the effect of acupressure on cancer-relat...
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Interventions for Preventing Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Conclusion
The results of this study indicate that scalp cooling is the most effective method to prevent CIA during chemotherapy.
Implications for Practice
Our results could provide a reference to prevent CIA. Updated studies with high quality, sufficient sample sizes, and direct comparison between interventions are needed in the future. (Source: Cancer Nursing)
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Caregiver Burden Among Primary Family Caregivers of Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Cross-sectional Study From Suzhou, China
Conclusion
The HSCT patient caregivers’ burden noted in this study was higher than that found in previous studies. The quality of life of HSCT patient caregivers is lower than that of the average Chinese population and decreases with a greater sense of burden.
Implications for Practice
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patient caregivers should be given appropriate social support to reduce their burden of care. Factors identified in this study may help center future intervention programs on caregivers who need help the most. (Source: Cancer Nursing)
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Symptom Clusters and Influencing Factors in Family Caregivers of Individuals With Cancer
Conclusions
This study provides evidence that 5 key symptoms among cancer caregivers appear to cluster into 2 groups, those with low symptom burden and those with high symptom burden. Caregiving burden (impact of health) and loneliness were significant factors differentiating symptom cluster membership.
Implications for Practice
Identifying symptom clusters may lead to better prevention and treatment strategies that target symptoms in cancer caregivers. Identifying factors that place a group at high risk of symptom burden can be used to guide individualized and tailored interventions. (Source: Cancer Nursing)
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Symptom Treatment Preferences of Cancer Survivors: Does Fatigue Level Make a Difference?
Conclusions
Many cancer survivors, especially those with high fatigue, report interest in learning symptom management skills. Given survivors' high level of interest in complementary and integrative health interventions, future research should continue to assess their impact on symptoms and functioning.
Implications for Practice
Nurses can offer a menu of evidence-based options for symptom management, given survivors' diverse preferences. Nurses can also provide psychoeducation regarding their preferred treatments. (Source: Cancer Nursing)
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Physical and Psychological Health Interdependence Among Dyads in Hematological Cancer
Conclusions
Findings suggest that health interdependence is present among patients with hematological cancer and their caregivers. In addition, there is a strong link between physical and psychological health within individuals, regardless of role.
Implications for Practice
Healthcare teams should consider dyadic assessment in their cancer care plans to identify risks for health decline in patients with hematological cancer and their caregivers. Assessment of caregivers, especially their anxiety levels and physical health, may yield integral information about the patients' physical and psychological health statu...
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Pediatric Education Discharge Support Strategies for Newly Diagnosed Children With Cancer
Conclusions
This study is among the first to examine the effects of 2 different early-discharge planning strategies for families of a newly diagnosed child with cancer. The evidence supports a standardized discharge education strategy that can be successfully implemented across institutions.
Implications for Practice
Nurses play a major role in the educational preparation and discharge of newly diagnosed pediatric cancer patients and their families. (Source: Cancer Nursing)
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A Quasi-Experimental Study of the Effect of Ginger Tea on Preventing Nausea and Vomiting in Patients With Gynecological Cancers Receiving Cisplatin-Based Regimens
This study used a quasi-experimental research design with 2 groups (control and intervention groups, 50 participants each). A sociodemographic and medical survey and the Modified Rhodes Index of Nausea, Vomiting, and Retching were used to collect the data. Descriptive analyses, t test, and χ2 test were used to analyze the data.
Results
The total mean Modified Rhodes Index of Nausea, Vomiting, and Retching scores were lower in the intervention group in all measurements compared with the control group, and the differences between the total mean scores for symptom experience, development, and distress between the grou...
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