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Benefit finding and its influencing factors in patients with thyroid cancer: A retrospective study 甲状腺癌患者的获益发现及其影响因素:回顾性研究
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2024-09-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100584
Yingjia Qian , Lei Zheng , Jian Li
{"title":"Benefit finding and its influencing factors in patients with thyroid cancer: A retrospective study","authors":"Yingjia Qian ,&nbsp;Lei Zheng ,&nbsp;Jian Li","doi":"10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100584","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100584","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To understand the level of benefit finding in patients with thyroid cancer and identify its influencing factors.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This retrospective study included 241 patients with thyroid cancer who underwent surgical treatment at a tertiary hospital in Shanghai from October to December 2022. Data were collected using the General Information Questionnaire, the Chinese Benefit Finding Scale, the Social Support Revalued Scale, and the Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire. Logistic regression analysis was performed to explore factors influencing benefit finding.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The total benefit finding score among patients with thyroid cancer was 89.00 (76.00, 101.50). Logistic regression analysis indicated that social support (OR = 1.08, 95% CI: 1.02–1.14) and avoidance coping mode (OR = 1.17, 95% CI: 1.00–1.37) significantly impacted benefit finding (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.05).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Patients with thyroid cancer demonstrated a high level of benefit finding. Social support and medical coping modes were identified as key factors influencing benefit finding. Healthcare professionals should focus on enhancing these aspects to improve benefit finding in patients with thyroid cancer.</div></div><div><h3>Trial registration</h3><div>EC REFERENCE No. 2024-133.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8569,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing","volume":"11 11","pages":"Article 100584"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142357474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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When western concept meets eastern culture: Exploring the impact of Confucianism on shared decision-making in China 当西方理念遇上东方文化探索儒家思想对中国共同决策的影响
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2024-09-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100586
Meiqi Meng , Xuejing Li , Junqiang Zhao , Yufang Hao
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Factors associated with physical activity in patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer during outpatient chemotherapy: A cross-sectional study 上消化道癌症患者门诊化疗期间体育锻炼的相关因素:横断面研究
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2024-09-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100585
Natsuko Arimatsu , Ayumi Amemiya , Koichi Hayano , Kentaro Murakami , Takeshi Toyozumi , Yasunori Matsumoto , Yoshihiro Kurata , Hisahiro Matsubara
{"title":"Factors associated with physical activity in patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer during outpatient chemotherapy: A cross-sectional study","authors":"Natsuko Arimatsu ,&nbsp;Ayumi Amemiya ,&nbsp;Koichi Hayano ,&nbsp;Kentaro Murakami ,&nbsp;Takeshi Toyozumi ,&nbsp;Yasunori Matsumoto ,&nbsp;Yoshihiro Kurata ,&nbsp;Hisahiro Matsubara","doi":"10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100585","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100585","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aimed to clarify the physical activity level of patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer during outpatient chemotherapy and the factors associated with decreased physical activity levels after drug administration.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In this cross-sectional study, activity intensity and steps were measured using an accelerometer in 39 patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer for 1 week before and after drug administration. Furthermore, the participants responded to a questionnaire on their lifestyles.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>No significant differences in steps and activity intensity were found before and after drug administration, and many participants had low activity levels. Logistic regression analysis showed that the Geriatric 8 scores and domestic roles were positively associated with higher activity levels after drug administration, whereas total bedtime showed a negative association. A predictive score for low activity was calculated from the three associated factors, and receiver operating characteristic analysis was conducted, resulting in an area under the curve of 0.90.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Physical activity may be low in patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer during outpatient chemotherapy. To maintain and promote physical activity, the results suggest the need to predict those who become less active after treatment and to support them by focusing on their domestic roles and total bedtime while considering their general condition. Our newly proposed predictive score can objectively identify patients with lower physical activity, regardless of the nurse's experience and ability, and improve patients' support during chemotherapy, even in the limited time available as outpatients.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8569,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing","volume":"11 11","pages":"Article 100585"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142417968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Postoperative rehabilitation management self-efficacy and its relationship with symptoms in the patients with lung cancer: A latent profile analysis 肺癌患者术后康复管理自我效能及其与症状的关系:潜在特征分析
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2024-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100554
Yujie Chen , Xuting Li , Tian Chen , Tian Liu , Qi Lei , Jianfeng Qiao , Man Ye , Lihua Huang
{"title":"Postoperative rehabilitation management self-efficacy and its relationship with symptoms in the patients with lung cancer: A latent profile analysis","authors":"Yujie Chen ,&nbsp;Xuting Li ,&nbsp;Tian Chen ,&nbsp;Tian Liu ,&nbsp;Qi Lei ,&nbsp;Jianfeng Qiao ,&nbsp;Man Ye ,&nbsp;Lihua Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100554","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100554","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To identify the potential subgroups of postoperative rehabilitation management self-efficacy in patients with lung cancer and explore the association between these subgroups and symptom burden.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>This cross-sectional study enrolled 231 lung cancer patients who underwent surgery between May and August 2023. Latent profile analysis, univariate analysis, and disordered multinomial logistic regression were performed to explore postoperative rehabilitation management self-efficacy profiles and identify interindividual variability. ANOVA, LSD, and Tamhane's T2 method were used for multiple comparisons between symptom burden and self-efficacy subgroups.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The three subgroups of postoperative rehabilitation management self-efficacy identified included low level group (17.7%), medium level group (63.2%), and high level group (19.0%). Patients with junior high school education were more likely to be classified as medium level groups, and patients with higher levels of social support and better resilience were more likely to be classified as medium and high level groups. Symptom severity and symptom interference of lung cancer patients after surgery varied considerably among the three classes. In the lung cancer module, the high level group had fewer symptoms than the medium level group (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.05).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Postoperative rehabilitation management self-efficacy has different classification features among patients with lung cancer. Educational background, resilience, and social support were the influencing factors of postoperative rehabilitation management self-efficacy. Lung cancer patients with higher self-efficacy in postoperative rehabilitation management showed fewer symptom burdens. Medical staff should actively pay attention to patients with low self-efficacy and provide precise interventions for patients with different subgroups.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8569,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing","volume":"11 9","pages":"Article 100554"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2347562524001768/pdfft?md5=9e00830db6d80a66cd32cb8f5c75812d&pid=1-s2.0-S2347562524001768-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141693744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy in women with gynecological cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials 认知行为疗法对女性妇科癌症患者的疗效:随机对照试验的系统回顾和荟萃分析
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2024-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100562
Eungil Ko , Yaelim Lee
{"title":"The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy in women with gynecological cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials","authors":"Eungil Ko ,&nbsp;Yaelim Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100562","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100562","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This study aimed to perform a meta-analysis of randomized control trials to evaluate the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on depression, anxiety, fatigue, distress, the fear of cancer recurrence, and the quality of life in gynecological cancer patients.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>An extensive literature search of PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and CINAHL was performed, and a meta-analysis was conducted on ten studies that included 1027 patients. The quality of the data was evaluated using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool. The effect size of the mean difference and standardized mean difference were computed using Revman 5.4.1.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Gynecological cancer patients receiving cognitive behavioral therapy showed decreases in depression (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.001), anxiety (<em>P</em> = 0.01), fatigue (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.001), distress (<em>P</em> = 0.03), and the fear of cancer recurrence (<em>P</em> = 0.01) compared to those receiving no treatment, whereas no improvement in quality of life was seen in the cognitive behavioral therapy group (<em>P</em> = 0.05).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Cognitive behavioral therapy was shown to be a useful treatment for the symptoms experienced by women with gynecological cancer, with significant effect sizes. However, more research is required to validate the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy in patients with gynecological cancer, considering the limitations of this study's small sample size and statistical heterogeneity.</p></div><div><h3>Systematic review registration</h3><p>PROSPERO- CRD42024516039.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8569,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing","volume":"11 9","pages":"Article 100562"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2347562524001847/pdfft?md5=8508950bd7d4db71b13350bf14b7c381&pid=1-s2.0-S2347562524001847-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142122327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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What are the perceived unmet needs for patient care, education, and research among genitourinary cancer nurses in Australia? A mixed method study 澳大利亚泌尿生殖系统癌症护士在患者护理、教育和研究方面有哪些未满足的需求?混合方法研究
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2024-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100564
Catherine Paterson , Helen Anderson , Michelle Rosano , Donna Cowan , Diana Schulz , Kerry Santoro , Tina Forshaw , Cynthia Hawks , Natasha Roberts , On behalf of the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia
{"title":"What are the perceived unmet needs for patient care, education, and research among genitourinary cancer nurses in Australia? A mixed method study","authors":"Catherine Paterson ,&nbsp;Helen Anderson ,&nbsp;Michelle Rosano ,&nbsp;Donna Cowan ,&nbsp;Diana Schulz ,&nbsp;Kerry Santoro ,&nbsp;Tina Forshaw ,&nbsp;Cynthia Hawks ,&nbsp;Natasha Roberts ,&nbsp;On behalf of the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia","doi":"10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100564","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100564","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Specialist genitourinary (GU) nurses provide care to a broad and diverse group of patients diagnosed with kidney, bladder, prostate, testicular, adrenal, and penile cancer. The purpose of this study was to identify GU cancer nurse perspectives of perceived unmet needs in service provision, specific educational and research priorities.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A concurrent mixed methods study design incorporated quantitative and qualitative data collection from the GU Cancer nurses workforce in Australia. Quantitative data collected using an electronic survey instrument and were analysed using descriptive statistics. Qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews and coded for thematic analysis. Ethical approval was gained.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Fifty responses were received from the electronic survey. 39/50 (78%) were female and 35 (70%) were metropolitan based. The highest domains of perceived unmet needs related to psychological/emotional needs – 17/23 (74%), intimacy needs – 15/23 (65%) and informational needs – 13/23 (57%). The themes from the qualitative interviews identified: (1) Patient needs – lack of tumour specific contact for cancer patients, fragmented delivery of cancer care, perception of better access to supportive care for public patients, lack of access to supportive care screening tools for needs assessment. (2) Educational needs – lack of GU specific cancer educational resources/learning opportunities and barriers to accessing educational opportunities. (3) Research priorities – impact on carers/partners, specific needs of different GU cancers, future focus on genetic testing/counselling, interventions for financial toxicity and development of models of care for geriatric GU patients.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Specialist GU cancer nurses support a broad group of patients. Given the prominence of addressing unmet cancer care needs among people with GU cancers in this study, cancer nursing as a discipline alongside the multidisciplinary team, requires innovative solutions to overcome fragmented care which is often highly complex, and develop individualised and integrated care across the cancer care continuum. We encourage clinicians, researchers, policy makers, people affected by cancer, and their care networks, to continue to drive innovation by (1) Embedding an integrated approach to cancer nursing, (2) Implementation of shared care, (3) Implementation of patient navigation, (4) Embracing emerging technologies, (5) Future focus on education, and (6) Future focus on nurse-led research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8569,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing","volume":"11 9","pages":"Article 100564"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2347562524001860/pdfft?md5=b8848657bc0464251a734b7f8721b4c7&pid=1-s2.0-S2347562524001860-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141845166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A perspective on inequities in the management of radiation dermatitis 透视放射性皮炎管理中的不公平现象
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100582
Sumeetha Swaminathan, Omolola Salako, Debanjan Kundu, Henry Ddungu, Adaorah Enyi, Corina van den Hurk, Matthew Allsop, Julie Ryan Wolf
{"title":"A perspective on inequities in the management of radiation dermatitis","authors":"Sumeetha Swaminathan,&nbsp;Omolola Salako,&nbsp;Debanjan Kundu,&nbsp;Henry Ddungu,&nbsp;Adaorah Enyi,&nbsp;Corina van den Hurk,&nbsp;Matthew Allsop,&nbsp;Julie Ryan Wolf","doi":"10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100582","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100582","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8569,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing","volume":"11 10","pages":"Article 100582"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142319559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Dyadic effects of perceived stress, relationship satisfaction and distress disclosure on emotional distress in colorectal cancer patients and their family caregivers: An actor-partner interdependence mediation model 感知压力、关系满意度和痛苦披露对结直肠癌患者及其家庭照顾者情绪困扰的影响:行为者-伙伴相互依赖中介模型
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100580
Yanfei Jin , Xuying Li , Hongwen Ma , Lina Xiong , Mengshu Zhao , Honghong Wang
{"title":"Dyadic effects of perceived stress, relationship satisfaction and distress disclosure on emotional distress in colorectal cancer patients and their family caregivers: An actor-partner interdependence mediation model","authors":"Yanfei Jin ,&nbsp;Xuying Li ,&nbsp;Hongwen Ma ,&nbsp;Lina Xiong ,&nbsp;Mengshu Zhao ,&nbsp;Honghong Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100580","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100580","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This study adopted a dyadic analysis method to examine the effect of perceived stress on emotional distress and determine whether relationship satisfaction and distress disclosure act as mediators in colorectal cancer (CRC) enterostomy patient-caregiver dyads.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A total of 312 patient-caregiver dyads completed measures assessing perceived stress, relationship satisfaction, distress disclosure, and emotional distress. The data were analyzed using the actor-partner interdependence mediation model.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>This study found that the perceived stress of patients and caregivers both had direct and indirect actor effects on emotional distress (through relationship satisfaction). Another important finding is that perceived stress had indirect actor-partner effects (through distress disclosure) on emotional distress.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>This study highlights that perceived stress, relationship satisfaction, and distress disclosure of patients and their caregivers are key factors that can be considered for improving emotional distress. It also partially confirmed the interdependence of patients with CRC and their caregivers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8569,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing","volume":"11 10","pages":"Article 100580"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2347562524002026/pdfft?md5=67f41e27349b91faa7fee99619e64847&pid=1-s2.0-S2347562524002026-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142239800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Knowledge levels of oncology nurses regarding evidence-based practices in the assessment and management of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy 肿瘤科护士对化疗引起的周围神经病变的评估和管理的循证实践的了解程度
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100581
Ayşegül Çelik , Öznur Usta Yeşilbalkan
{"title":"Knowledge levels of oncology nurses regarding evidence-based practices in the assessment and management of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy","authors":"Ayşegül Çelik ,&nbsp;Öznur Usta Yeşilbalkan","doi":"10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100581","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100581","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>The study aimed to determine the level of oncology nurses' knowledge of evidence-based practice for assessing and managing chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>This study employed a descriptive and cross-sectional research design. It was carried out with oncology nurses who were working at a university hospital in the Western Region of Turkey and who were members of the Oncology Nursing Association. The sample of the study consisted of 96 nurses who met the inclusion criteria.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The study sample comprised 94.8% female oncology nurses, 57.3% of whom held an undergraduate degree, and over half (58.5%) of whom were employed as clinical nurses. A majority of nurses (76.0%) indicated that they had not received any training in peripheral neuropathy. 35.4% of the nurses assessed patients receiving neurotoxic chemotherapy for peripheral neuropathy at each visit/each chemotherapy cycle. A total of 43.8% of nurses indicated that they frequently assessed patients for peripheral neuropathy at the conclusion of the treatment protocol. The oncology nurses assessed the patient-reported symptoms of motor neuropathy (58.3%), sensory neuropathy (56.3%), autonomic neuropathy (51.0%), neuropathic pain (55.2%), and co-occurring symptoms (52.1%) on a frequent basis. The nurses reported that they assessed muscle strength (56.3%), gait and balance (58.3%), and quality of life (52.1%) “frequently”. In contrast, they assessed deep tendon reflex (41.7%), neurological tests (36.5%), and social activities (46.8%) “rarely”.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The study findings indicated that oncology nurses require further education and training in evidence-based practices for the assessment and management of CIPN.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8569,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing","volume":"11 10","pages":"Article 100581"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2347562524002038/pdfft?md5=192a8c14ca249fcc26423ad4948c2f9e&pid=1-s2.0-S2347562524002038-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142167692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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CAR T-cell therapy in cancer: Integrating nursing perspectives for enhanced patient care 癌症 CAR T 细胞疗法:整合护理视角,加强患者护理
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2024-08-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100579
Ashna Gupta , Gunjan Dagar , Mohd Umar Rehmani , Chandra Prakash Prasad , Deepak Saini , Mayank Singh , Abhishek Shankar
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