Purpose: To examine the family communication experience of Korean adolescents with cancer and their parents, including how adolescents and their parents verbally share feelings and concerns related to the adolescent’s cancer diagnosis with one another, and how emotional communication affects parent...
Objectives: To describe cancer caregivers’ participation in health-promoting behaviors and to identify factors influencing participation. Sample & Setting: 129 informal cancer caregivers at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. Methods & Variables: Cross-sectional survey...
Infusion of antineoplastic medications in nontraditional settings, including the home, is not a new concept. However, the emergence of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has accelerated conversations around ensuring that patients with cancer can continue timely cancer treatment regimens while...
I read with great interest the article titled “Guideline-Recommended Symptom Management Strategies That Cross Over Two or More Cancer Symptoms” by Kwekkeboom et al. (2020) in the September issue of the Oncology Nursing Forum . Their innovative work moves symptom science forward in several important...
Objectives: To (a) compare the domains of distress between patients who were distressed and patients who were not distressed and (b) examine the relationship between the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Distress Thermometer and Problem List for Patients (DT-PL) and the Hospital Anxiety and...
Objectives: Guided by Mishel’s uncertainty in illness theory, patterns of change in uncertainty were explored over time for patients with prostate cancer and their partners. In addition, the relationships between uncertainty and its antecedents were examined, and the role effects (patient versus...
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect most aspects of daily life, and looking for ways to cope and adapt in this altered state is a priority. Days of unsettling changes have turned into weeks, months, and, most likely, at least a year or more until an effective vaccine is distributed worldwide...
Objectives: To examine relationships in mindfulness and illness acceptance and psychosocial functioning in patients with metastatic breast cancer and their family caregivers. Sample & Setting: 33 dyads from an academic cancer center in the United States. Methods & Variables: Participants...
Purpose: This evidence-based guideline intends to support clinicians, patients, and others in decisions regarding the treatment of constipation in patients with cancer. Methodologic Approach: An interprofessional panel of healthcare professionals with patient representation prioritized clinical...
Objectives: To evaluate for differences in demographic and clinical characteristics, as well as subjective and objective measures of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), among different exercise groups. Sample & Setting: Cancer survivors (N = 290) were recruited from throughout...
