Showing papers in "European Journal of Oncology Nursing in 2013"

TL;DR: Perceived cognitive deficits have broad implications for the well-being of breast cancer survivors and underscore the broad consequences of this symptom, provide direction for theory development, measurement selection, and additional intervention targets.

TL;DR: The use of patient reported outcome measures as a clinical intervention tool may be viewed as a means of identifying and managing unmet needs in this patient population.

TL;DR: A systematic review of literature search in six databases, sixteen qualitative studies, published between 2000 and 2010 and with mixed methodological quality, provide some relevant insight in the experiences and needs of patients with a high-grade glioma and their caregivers.

TL;DR: Clinicians should be cognizant of the culture, beliefs and practices of Arab Middle Eastern immigrant women and the influence of these factors on their decision to participate in routine BCS.

TL;DR: Care of women needs strategies that are integrated in a palliative, holistic, empathic approach as the women and their carers report a lack of information and advice about how to manage the wound as well as the physical limitations and psychosocial consequences of struggling to maintain the boundedness of the body.

TL;DR: Assessment of patients enables health care professionals to provide support and counselling in these assessments, and the patients' relationship to close relatives should also be addressed.

TL;DR: This six-week supervised multimodal exercise intervention can lead to significant reduction in self-reported CRF in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, according to a prospective randomised controlled trial.

TL;DR: Adequate and systematic information pertaining to illness, treatment, prognosis and child care must be provided by health care professionals throughout the illness process.

TL;DR: An educational programme for caregivers encourages the involvement of patients, informal caregivers and health-care providers in a triangular relationship which enhances the quality of life of patients and caregivers alike and decreases caregivers' burden.

TL;DR: E-health interventions that allow supportive needs to be satisfied are leading to positive effects for individuals with different preferences and priorities, thus enhancing the credibility and applicability of supportive e-health programs across target populations.

TL;DR: It is essential for healthcare professionals to develop appropriate interventions with the aim of promoting physical, psychological and social well-being for childhood cancer survivors to help them develop a positive view of the impact that the cancer experience has upon their lives.

TL;DR: A tailored-made intervention for spousal caregivers, both males and females, in the context of cancer care should be developed to cater to the needs of this population, which suffers from a spectrum of hidden morbidities.

TL;DR: It is important for health care professionals to be aware of problems related to sexual intimacy and to be prepared not just to provide information about these, but also to reflect on expectations vs. reality together with the women.

TL;DR: The program was effective in reducing perceived fatigue as well as further outcomes, and needs further evaluation in other countries employing a control group of patients receiving equal time and attention as the intervention group.

TL;DR: The results highlight the importance of timely detection of anxiety and depression, and their proper management, during the treatment and survivorship phases of the breast cancer trajectory.

TL;DR: It is indicated that support satisfaction is more critical than support network size in influencing various aspects of survivors' QOL through the underlying different types of situation-specific support.

TL;DR: ARSR seem to be a relatively limited problem, probably more influenced by treatment related factors than by choice of skin care products in this patient group.

TL;DR: Future research should use a multidimensional inventory of the social support constructs to examine how each of the constructs influences the relationship between coping and HRQoL over time to facilitate the development of appropriately targeted social support interventions.

TL;DR: Various psychosocial interventions, including educational interventions, cognitive-behavioural therapy, relaxation training and supportive group therapy were found to reduce colorectal patients' length of hospital stay, days to stoma proficiency and hospital anxiety and depression, and to improve patients' quality of life.

TL;DR: The analysis of the interview with the parents about their perception of their ill children's suffering at the end of their lives is a valuable source of information to consider supportive interventions for children and parents in health care settings.

TL;DR: Testing for moderating effects provides helpful information regarding the role of social support in buffering the relationship between depressive symptoms and QOL, and indicated social support as a moderator of effects of depressive symptoms on QOL.

TL;DR: The extent of late adverse effects with a sub-set of rectal cancer patients reporting persistent bowel function problems is quantified and the implications are now to consider current follow-up services and to 'trial' new models of comprehensive assessment and interventions in patients who are 'at risk' of experiencingLate adverse effects of treatment.

TL;DR: Music therapy decreased State anxiety levels, Trait anxiety levels and systolic blood pressure in oncology patients who received the intervention prior to radiotherapy.

TL;DR: This awareness would serve as a basis for health care professionals in general and nurses in particular to understand parents' experiences, and offer support, elicit communication of feelings, and examine possibilities for forming a partnership during the challenging course of the child's illness.

TL;DR: The findings of this study highlight the important role of women's beliefs in the value of cervical screening and previous screening experience in motivating them to receive a screening.

TL;DR: Focussing well designed research in the identified areas where less is already known about the psychological and social impact of cancer survival is likely to have the greatest impact on the wellbeing of people surviving cancer.

TL;DR: Findings from this study suggest that, regardless of pain status, anxiety and depression are common problems in women prior to breast cancer surgery.

TL;DR: The incidence of chemotherapy-related alopecia and how it affects the body image and quality of life of Turkish male and female cancer patients is determined in order to identify variables that may be important in the perception of this problem.

TL;DR: No significant differences were revealed when comparing symptom burden among cancer patients in different stages of the disease and caregivers reported more depression when patients had trouble sleeping and more declined mental quality of life when patients were younger.

TL;DR: Findings confirm the four latent classes of depressive symptom trajectories previously identified in a sample of breast cancer patients and examine differences in phenotypic and genotypic characteristics among these classes.