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The Use of Biomarkers in Precision Health Symptom Science—Opportunities and Challenges 生物标志物在精准健康症状科学中的应用——机遇与挑战。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
Seminars in Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151886
Carolyn S. Harris , Yvette P. Conley , Jinbing Bai , Marilyn J. Hammer
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Breast and Gynecological Cancer Benefit Finding Scale: Turkish Validity and Reliability Study 乳腺癌和妇科癌症获益发现量表:土耳其效度和信度研究。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
Seminars in Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151949
Sıdıka Pelit Aksu , Serap Alkaş , Şengül Yaman Sözbir
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Using Data-driven Clinical Decision Support to Integrate Precision Cancer Symptom Management Into the Electronic Health Record 使用数据驱动的临床决策支持,将精确的癌症症状管理集成到电子健康记录中。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
Seminars in Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151937
Mary E. Cooley , Leslie A. Lenert , Janet L. Abrahm , David F. Lobach
{"title":"Using Data-driven Clinical Decision Support to Integrate Precision Cancer Symptom Management Into the Electronic Health Record","authors":"Mary E. Cooley ,&nbsp;Leslie A. Lenert ,&nbsp;Janet L. Abrahm ,&nbsp;David F. Lobach","doi":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151937","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151937","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>Electronic patient-reported outcome measures (ePROs) are being implemented in clinical care to monitor symptoms in patients with cancer. Although the use of these measures is associated with improved outcomes, challenges remain with integrating ePROs into the workflow due to burdensome training and unclear roles for who will manage uncontrolled symptoms. The use of clinical decision support (CDS) can mitigate these challenges. This article discusses the use of CDS, the integration of CDS into the electronic health record (EHR), lessons learned, and future directions.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The Sapphire Cancer Symptom Management CDS system is used to illustrate the development, integration, and testing of CDS in the EHR. A team of experts designed this system based on previous experience and research literature. The discussion synthesizes peer-reviewed literature, expert opinion, systematic reviews, and meta-analysis as sources of data.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Symptom management algorithms were created for nine cancer symptoms and then programmed into the CDS platform and integrated into the EHR. Integration involved using innovative technologies, which included application programming interfaces and interoperable data standards, to integrate the system into the EHR. Relevant EHR and patient-reported data were used to generate individually tailored symptom management recommendations. Testing of the system was accomplished using test patients that reflected real-world patient experiences. We found that the data needed for the algorithms were complex and some elements were not readily available in the EHR. Having clinicians verify a few critical elements assured accuracy and safety of the recommendations.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Innovative technologies enabled the integration of CDS into the EHR and the generation of individually tailored cancer symptom management recommendations. Future testing is needed to evaluate whether the use of CDS improves patient outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Implications for Nursing Practice</h3><div>CDS has the potential to improve guideline-concordant symptom management and facilitate supportive care referrals at the point-of-care to improve clinical care.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54253,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Oncology Nursing","volume":"41 4","pages":"Article 151937"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144661073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Pilot Testing an Adapted Version of the Registered Nursing Forecasting (RN4CAST) Nurse Survey in Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Day Units: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study 在系统性抗癌治疗日间单位对注册护士预测(RN4CAST)护士调查的试点测试:一项混合方法的可行性研究。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
Seminars in Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151940
Zhuming Bao , Jenny Harris , Anne Marie Rafferty , Verna Lavender , Amparo DOMINGO LACASA , Emma Masters , Hayley Beer , Katy Tait , Rhona Johnson , Jo Armes
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History Has Its Eyes on Us 历史在注视着我们。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
Seminars in Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151945
Christine Miaskowski
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Measurement of Patient-Reported Outcomes: The How, When, and Where 患者报告结果的测量:如何、何时、何地。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
Seminars in Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151941
Jo Armes
{"title":"Measurement of Patient-Reported Outcomes: The How, When, and Where","authors":"Jo Armes","doi":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151941","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151941","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>There is growing evidence that integrating patient-reported outcomes (PRO) into clinical assessments is associated with improved symptom management, patient satisfaction, and survival rates. This report aims to critically examine factors that influence how, when, and where PRO should be assessed in the cancer pathway.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This discussion is grounded in clinical research expertise and supported by relevant literature from peer-reviewed journals.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Multiple digital methods for conducting PRO assessments are being used. Evidence increasingly suggests that adopting a hybrid approach is more likely to ensure that diverse populations complete PRO assessments. This will ensure the data generated are more representative of the wider cancer population. Most research focuses on assessing PRO during treatment while less focuses on the postsurgical and survivorship phases in the cancer pathway. During treatment, more frequent PRO assessment is more informative and better able to guide clinical decision-making. This, however, needs to be balanced against respondent burden. Matching the method for capturing PRO assessment to the preferences and requirements of respondents may be more important than the location in which it occurs.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Regular assessment of PRO improves patient outcomes during treatment and, based on the limited evidence available, following surgery and during the survivorship phase of the cancer pathway.</div></div><div><h3>Implications for Nursing Practice</h3><div>More research is needed to identify the optimal timing of PRO assessments during treatment to maximize information while minimizing respondent burden. Finally, we need to better understand which methods for capturing PRO assessments best meet the diverse personal requirements and preferences of the wider cancer population.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54253,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Oncology Nursing","volume":"41 4","pages":"Article 151941"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144568071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Integrating Remote Symptom Monitoring, Person-Centered Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence to Advance Precision Health Symptom Science in Oncology 整合远程症状监测、以人为中心的分析和人工智能,推进肿瘤精准健康症状科学。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
Seminars in Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151901
Rachel A. Pozzar
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Processing Speed in Patients with Cancer: A Concept Analysis 癌症患者的处理速度:一个概念分析。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
Seminars in Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151946
Myeong-ga Cho, Catherine M. Bender
{"title":"Processing Speed in Patients with Cancer: A Concept Analysis","authors":"Myeong-ga Cho,&nbsp;Catherine M. Bender","doi":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151946","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151946","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>Processing speed is a cognitive domain and a crucial predictor of cognitive aging. It frequently deteriorates in patients with cancer, co-occurring with declines of other domains, including attention, executive function, and memory, and negatively impacts health outcomes. However, lack of clarity of the concept limits the development of precise assessments and effective nursing interventions to improve processing speed. Therefore, this concept analysis aims to thoroughly analyze and clarify processing speed with nuanced defining attributes, antecedents, and consequences in the cancer context.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Walker and Avant’s method was used. Records were identified from PubMed, CINAHL, and APAPsycINFO.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Defining attributes of processing speed include the proficiency and speed to recognize given sensory stimuli, to make decisions based on the recognition, and to implement the decision with movement. Antecedents of processing speed include aging, brain connectivity, fine motor function, and health conditions, with cancer and cancer treatment. Consequences of processing speed include cognitive capability.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>With the clarified concept of processing speed, assessment tools and nursing interventions can be refined to ensure comprehensively capturing its full scope and facilitating communication in the care of patients with cancer.</div></div><div><h3>Implications for Nursing Practice</h3><div>This analysis confirms processing speed is a critical domain of cognitive function in cancer care, requiring tailored assessment and intervention strategies. The findings highlight the need to update clinical nursing practices with refined tools to evaluate processing speed, enabling oncology nurses to implement targeted interventions that address cancer-related cognitive decline and enhance health outcomes of patients with cancer.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54253,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Oncology Nursing","volume":"41 4","pages":"Article 151946"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144644129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Considerations in Selecting, Collecting, and Interpreting Outcome Measures for Symptom Science in Oncology 肿瘤症状科学的选择、收集和解释结果测量的考虑。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
Seminars in Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151948
Sandra A. Mitchell
{"title":"Considerations in Selecting, Collecting, and Interpreting Outcome Measures for Symptom Science in Oncology","authors":"Sandra A. Mitchell","doi":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151948","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151948","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>To review recent literature about the considerations, challenges and tradeoffs when selecting and interpreting symptom measures in patients diagnosed with cancer.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>A narrative review of peer-reviewed literature, relevant theory, and international consensus guidance relevant to the measurement of symptoms using patient-reported outcomes, performance-based, instrumented, and clinician-reported measures.</div></div><div><h3>Results/Conclusions</h3><div>Theoretical, psychometric, operational and study design considerations influence symptom instrument selection decisions in observational studies, clinical trials (both supportive care trials and therapeutic trials of anticancer therapies), and population surveillance. Multiple well-validated single symptom and multisymptom measures exist to measure cancer and cancer-treatment related symptoms.</div></div><div><h3>Implications for Nursing Practice</h3><div>Exploration of how contrasting measurement approaches can yield complementary insights into the symptom experience and the effectiveness of symptom management strategies remains an underdeveloped area of cancer symptom science.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54253,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Oncology Nursing","volume":"41 4","pages":"Article 151948"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144651192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Use of Virtual Reality as an Innovative Intervention for Managing Anxiety in Chemotherapy Patients: A Systematic Literature Review 使用虚拟现实作为管理化疗患者焦虑的创新干预:系统的文献综述。
IF 2.3 4区 医学
Seminars in Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151908
Giorgia Gaudino , Ettore Palma , Sergio Ferrante , Diego Lopane , Chiara Coldani , Daniela Cattani , Alessandra Dacomi , Giuseppina Tomaiuolo , Stefano Mancin , Beatrice Mazzoleni
{"title":"The Use of Virtual Reality as an Innovative Intervention for Managing Anxiety in Chemotherapy Patients: A Systematic Literature Review","authors":"Giorgia Gaudino ,&nbsp;Ettore Palma ,&nbsp;Sergio Ferrante ,&nbsp;Diego Lopane ,&nbsp;Chiara Coldani ,&nbsp;Daniela Cattani ,&nbsp;Alessandra Dacomi ,&nbsp;Giuseppina Tomaiuolo ,&nbsp;Stefano Mancin ,&nbsp;Beatrice Mazzoleni","doi":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151908","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151908","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>To evaluate the effectiveness of immersive virtual reality (VR) as an innovative non-pharmacological intervention to reduce anxiety and alleviate emotional distress in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A systematic literature review<span><span><span> was conducted between March and May 2024 across PubMed, CINAHL, </span>Embase, </span>Scopus<span>, and MedRxiv databases, following PRISMA guidelines. The review included studies on immersive and non-immersive VR interventions in chemotherapy settings. Methodological quality was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute tools, and the certainty of evidence was evaluated through the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine framework.</span></span></div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Seven studies involving a total of 594 participants were included. Across all studies, VR interventions significantly reduced anxiety levels during chemotherapy (P &lt; .05). Immersive VR consistently functioned as a distraction tool, offering relaxation and emotional relief.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Immersive virtual reality appears to be an effective and safe complementary intervention to reduce anxiety in oncology patients undergoing chemotherapy. Despite promising findings, further high-quality research is needed to confirm these results and assess long-term effects.</div></div><div><h3>Implications for Nursing Practice</h3><div>VR can be integrated into clinical nursing practice as an innovative, non-invasive strategy to enhance the emotional well-being of patients receiving chemotherapy. Nurses should receive appropriate training to administer VR interventions and contribute to multidisciplinary efforts in supportive cancer care.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54253,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Oncology Nursing","volume":"41 4","pages":"Article 151908"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144227633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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