Characteristics and effectiveness of complex nursing interventions aimed at reducing symptom burden in adult patients treated with chemotherapy: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Effectiveness of nursing interventions among patients with cancer: An overview of systematic reviews

“…The largest group of nursing interventions consisted of educational interventions, which were mainly psychoeducational in nature. According to the authors, educational interventions consisted of information provision, counselling, coaching and guidance (Cook, McIntyre, & Recoche, ; Coolbrandt et al, ; Rueda, Solà, Pascual, & Subirana Casacuberta, ; Zhou et al, ), as well as encouragement and general support (Hersch, Juraskova, Price, & Mullan, ). In some studies, nursing interventions described as nursing programmes included educational interventions, but a detailed content description was lacking (Cook et al, ; Jacobsen, Donovan, Vadaparampil, & Small, ; Rodin et al, ).…”

“…Educational interventions had a beneficial effect on symptom severity (Coolbrandt et al, ), such as fatigue ( p = 0.001) (Rueda et al, ), sleep disturbance ( p < 0.05) (Hersch et al, ) and breathlessness ( p = 0.002) (Rueda et al, ). They were also beneficial for patients’ attitudes towards analgesics and pain management.…”

“…Educational interventions indicated inconsistent results on distress (Hersch et al, ) and anxiety (Cook et al, ; Coolbrandt et al, ; Rueda et al, ; Zhou et al, ). In some studies, a reduction in the overall symptom severity ranged from 7%–67%, meaning that the effect of the interventions varied greatly at the patient level (Coolbrandt et al, ).…”

The Relationship Between Inflammatory Biomarkers and Symptom Distress in Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

“…57 It reveals that the early assessment of symptom distress in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy is a critical issue for oncology nurses. Therefore, the study mainly contributes to forming a single marker used in assessment of the diverse symptoms that could in the future minimize the need for multiple subjective assessments for different symptoms.…”

Cancer Symptom Cluster Management

“…Symptom interventions using patient education and self-management coaching resulted in symptom reduction in five of nine trials; while only one of five studies of early palliative care programs reported improvements in symptom management compared to control conditions. 33–34 In general, these studies did not attempt to treat a specific symptom cluster, nor did they focus on a common underlying etiology across the symptoms experienced. Nonetheless, this work demonstrates the range of concurrent symptoms reported, and patients' need to cope with multiple symptom management activities.…”