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Ranaut R, Pareek B, Samual S. Effect of nurse-Led psychosocial intervention on body image distress and treatment compliance among patients undergoing treatment of cancer: A randomized controlled trial. JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 2024; 13:248. [PMID: 39309988 PMCID: PMC11414846 DOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1471_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND Dissatisfaction with one's physique is the most common issue among cancer patients, and it is correlated with stress, anxiety, and hopelessness. The current study aimed to assess how the Nurse-Led short psychosocial intervention affected cancer patients' body image distress and treatment compliance. MATERIALS AND METHODS 67 patients above 18 years of age and undergoing cancer treatment were enrolled in the study through complete enumeration sampling. The individuals were divided into experimental and control groups using simple randomization. A nurse-led brief psychosocial intervention program was implemented for 15 days for the experimental group while the control group was on standard treatment. The intervention's effects were measured on the 15th day using a structured body image distress scale and self-structured treatment compliance scale. The consolidated norms of reporting trials (CONSORT) statement was used to perform the study. Utilizing SPSS, descriptive and inferential statistics were performed to analyze the data. RESULTS Post-intervention on the 15th day of the program revealed a reduction in Body image distress (Mean, SD and P value; 2.73, 1.72 (experimental), 4.90 ± 2.23 (control) and <0.001). The program also resulted in improved treatment compliance (Mean, SD and P value; 3.66, 2.23 and (experimental) and 5.83, 1.62; and <0.001). CONCLUSION According to the study's findings, nurses are essential to the care of cancer patients. Nurse-led intervention can be an effective strategy to address these psychological issues and concerns.
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- Ria Ranaut
- Department of Mental Health Nursing, SPHE College of Nursing, Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab, India
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- Department of Mental Health Nursing, SPHE College of Nursing, Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab, India
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- Department of Mental Health Nursing, SPHE College of Nursing, Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab, India
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Alrayshouni Z, Dayekh A, El‐Tassi A, Pakai A. Rationalizing the Influence of Co-Design on Distress, Clinical Decision-Making and Disease Self-Management of Cancer Patients-as-Partners: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Health Expect 2024; 27:e14113. [PMID: 38872504 PMCID: PMC11176735 DOI: 10.1111/hex.14113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Cancer is regarded as a major worldwide burden. Patient distress has been linked to disease progression. Studies show that engagement strategies affect clinical decision-making and patient outcomes. The optimal engagement method is a partnership that integrates the patient's expertise into the comprehensive co-design of the healthcare system. OBJECTIVES This is the first study to investigate cancer patient-as-partner experience and its impact on distress levels, decision-making and self-management. METHODS It is a quantitative and quasi-experimental study that adopted a partnership committee at a Lebanese hospital. A stratified random sampling approach was used, and data were collected by self-administered questionnaires. We utilized the standardized distress thermometer and PPEET. RESULTS We recruited 100 patient partners. Cancer patients-as-partners had optimal engagement experience in QI projects (mean = 4; SD = 0.4). The main partnership benefit was improved hospitalization experience (49%). Almost half of PP reported no challenges faced (49%). Recommendations for improvement were training (19%), team dynamics management (12%) and proper time allocation (7%). The distress level post-partnership was significantly reduced (t = 12.57, p < 0.0001). This study highlights the importance of partnership and its ability to influence shared decision-making preference [χ2(2) = 13.81, p = 0.025] and self-management practices [F(3, 11.87) = 7.294, p = 0.005]. CONCLUSION Research findings suggest that partners from disadvantaged groups can have optimal partnership experience. A partnership model of care can shape the healthcare system into a people-oriented culture. Further research is needed to explore diverse PP engagement methodologies and their effect on organizational development. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION Patients and family members were engaged in the co-design of the study methodology, especially the modification of a research instrument. Patient partners with lived experience were involved in the patient partnership committee as core members to improve healthcare system design and evaluation.
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- Doctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health SciencesUniversity of PécsPécsHungary
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- Nursing Department, Faculty of Health SciencesBeirut Arab UniversityBeirutLebanon
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- Doctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health SciencesUniversity of PécsPécsHungary
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Hsu FY, Hsiao YC, Su YJ, Chang CS, Yen CI. A prospective study of psychological adjustment during and after forehead flap nasal reconstruction. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2024; 52:692-696. [PMID: 38729846 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2024.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
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The psychological effects of staged nasal reconstruction with a forehead flap were prospectively investigated. Thirty-three patients underwent nasal reconstruction with forehead flaps between March 2017 and July 2020. Three questionnaires were used to assess psychosocial functioning before surgery (time 1), 1 week after forehead flap transfer (time 2), 1 week after forehead flap division (time 3), and after refinement procedures (time 4). The patients were categorized into three groups according to the severity of nasal defects. Between- and within-group comparisons were conducted. All patients reported increased satisfaction with their appearance during nasal reconstruction. For most patients, levels of distress and social avoidance were highest before reconstruction (time 1). Both levels decreased as reconstruction advanced, and were significantly improved by times 3 and 4. The stage of reconstruction had a greater effect on these levels than did severity of nasal defect. Nasal reconstruction with forehead flap is beneficial physically and psychologically. Psychological evaluation before and after surgery facilitates patient-surgeon interactions and further enhances outcomes.
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- Fang-Yu Hsu
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung University, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Chang Gung University and Department of Psychiatry, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Aesthetic Medical Center of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Shawahna R, Amer R, Salameh H, Shawahna AR, Aljondy M, Zain-Aldain M. Predictors of health-related quality of life of the patients treated for MM: the first study in the Palestinian healthcare system. Ann Hematol 2023; 102:3543-3554. [PMID: 37801084 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-023-05482-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Little studies were conducted to assess the health -related quality of life (HR-QoL) of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) in developing and resource-limited countries. This study assessed the HR-QoL of patients with MM who received treatment in the Palestinian healthcare system as an example of healthcare systems in developing and resource-limited countries. Predictors of deteriorated HR-QoL of the affected patients were also identified. In this cross-sectional study, the tool was a questionnaire that collected the demographic and disease variables of the patients. The questionnaire also contained the EORTC QLQ-MY24 items. The questionnaire was piloted to ensure readability, clarity, and comprehensibility. Additionally, the test-retest reliability and internal consistency were also assessed. In this study, 45.5% of patients with MM who were treated in the Palestinian healthcare system returned usable questionnaires. The mean age of the patients was 60.7 ± 7.5 years and the mean time elapsed since diagnosis was 2.6 ± 1.7 years. Of the patients, 54.3%, 47.8%, 46.7%, 66.3%, 46.7%, and 46.7% reported frequent bone pain, pain that increased with activity, back pain, feeling ill, lost hair, and feeling restless or agitated, respectively. Higher disease symptom scores were predicted by low self-rated satisfaction with the ability to do daily life activities and low self-rated satisfaction with overall health. The side effects of treatment scores were predicted by longer time elapsed since diagnosis and low self-rated satisfaction with overall health. Future perspective scores were predicted by low self-rated satisfaction with overall health. On the other hand, social support scores were predicted by having a university education and not receiving radiotherapy. Patients with MM who were treated in the Palestinian healthcare system reported a heavy burden of disease symptoms, treatment adverse effects, and dissatisfaction with the information they received about their disease. The findings reported in this study are informative to hemato-oncologists and other healthcare providers who care for patients with MM in Palestine and other developing and resource-limited countries. Policymakers might use the findings reported in this study to design interventions to improve the HR-QoL of the patients.
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- Ramzi Shawahna
- Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, New Campus, Building: 19, Office: 1340, P.O. Box 7, Nablus, Palestine.
- Clinical Research Center, An-Najah National University Hospital, Nablus, 44839, Palestine.
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, P.O. Box 7, Nablus, Palestine
- Hematology and Oncology, An-Najah National University Hospital, Nablus, 44839, Palestine
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, P.O. Box 7, Nablus, Palestine.
- Hematology and Oncology, An-Najah National University Hospital, Nablus, 44839, Palestine.
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, P.O. Box 7, Nablus, Palestine
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, P.O. Box 7, Nablus, Palestine
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, P.O. Box 7, Nablus, Palestine
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Zhou J, Wang Z, Chen X, Li Q. Gender Differences in Psychosocial Outcomes and Coping Strategies of Patients with Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 11:2591. [PMID: 37761788 PMCID: PMC10530630 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11182591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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(1) Background: Gender is an important factor impacting cancer experience. This review mainly aimed to summarize colorectal cancer (CRC) patients' gender differences in psychosocial outcomes and coping strategies. (2) Methods: Relevant studies were searched for in four electronic databases from 2007 to July 2023. And manual searching was performed on the included studies' reference lists to identify additional eligible studies. (3) Results: A total of 37 eligible articles were included in this review. These studies were conducted in 19 countries, and they targeted CRC patients at various treatment stages. Significant results showed that female patients tended to have more psychological distress, complex social functioning, and less sexual distress and to choose more positive coping strategies than male patients. But there was no gender difference in psychosocial outcomes and/or coping strategies in some studies, which implied that gender similarity also existed. (4) Conclusions: The findings support the fact that there are both gender differences and similarities in CRC patients' psychosocial outcomes and coping strategies. A perspective beyond the simple masculine-feminine binary improved our in-depth understanding of gender tendency. Importantly, taking gender tendency into account is critical for medical staff to provide more personalized support and communication interventions.
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- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; (J.Z.); (Z.W.); (X.C.)
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Kirby A, Drummond FJ, Lawlor A, Murphy A. Counting the social, psychological, and economic costs of COVID-19 for cancer patients. Support Care Cancer 2022; 30:8705-8731. [PMID: 35690662 PMCID: PMC9188420 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-022-07178-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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PURPOSE Cancer patients were particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic given their reliance on the healthcare system, and their weakened immune systems. This systematic review examines the social, psychological, and economic impacts of COVID-19 on cancer patients. METHODS The systematic search, conducted in March 2021, captures the experience of COVID-19 Wave I, when the most severe restrictions were in place globally, from a patient perspective. RESULTS The search yielded 56 studies reporting on the economic, social, and psychological impacts of COVID-19. The economic burden associated with cancer for patients during the pandemic included direct and indirect costs with both objective (i.e. financial burden) and subjective elements (financial distress). The pandemic exasperated existing psychological strain and associated adverse outcomes including worry and fear (of COVID-19 and cancer prognosis); distress, anxiety, and depression; social isolation and loneliness. National and institutional public health guidelines to reduce COVID-19 transmission resulted in suspended cancer screening programmes, delayed diagnoses, postponed or deferred treatments, and altered treatment. These altered patients' decision making and health-seeking behaviours. CONCLUSION COVID-19 compounded the economic, social, and psychological impacts of cancer on patients owing to health system adjustments and reduction in economic activity. Identification of the impact of COVID-19 on cancer patients from a psychological, social, and economic perspective following the pandemic can inform the design of timely and appropriate interventions and supports, to deal with the backlog in cancer care and enhance recovery.
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- Ann Kirby
- Department of Economics, Cork University Business School, University College Cork, Aras na Laoi, Western Rd, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Economics, Cork University Business School, University College Cork, Aras na Laoi, Western Rd, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Economics, Cork University Business School, University College Cork, Aras na Laoi, Western Rd, Cork, Ireland
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