Health‐related quality of life and satisfaction with case management in cancer survivors

Abstract

In clinical care, patients' physical mobility, pain and discomfort, and anxiety and depression are important indicators of health-related quality of life. Case managers should include self-care and symptom management into survivorship care plans to improve health-related quality of life during survival after treatment concludes.

Effectiveness of Nurse-Led Case Management in Cancer Care: Systematic Review

“…However, during cancer treatment, the care that patients receive has been uncoordinated and fragmented due to the many health care providers patients see in multiple health care settings (Strupp et al, 2018). This is a problem because many cancer patients have high levels of physical dysfunction and psychological stress (Bleich et al, 2017; Hsu, Chai, Lin, Wang, & Chen, 2017; Strupp et al, 2018). The stress also challenges their quality of life (QoL) and raises their health care costs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016; Hsu et al, 2017).…”

“…This is a problem because many cancer patients have high levels of physical dysfunction and psychological stress (Bleich et al, 2017; Hsu, Chai, Lin, Wang, & Chen, 2017; Strupp et al, 2018). The stress also challenges their quality of life (QoL) and raises their health care costs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016; Hsu et al, 2017). To provide coordinated and continuous care to cancer survivors, case management (CM) has been introduced to provide efficient and effective cancer care (Hsu et al, 2017; Strupp et al, 2018).…”

“…The stress also challenges their quality of life (QoL) and raises their health care costs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016; Hsu et al, 2017). To provide coordinated and continuous care to cancer survivors, case management (CM) has been introduced to provide efficient and effective cancer care (Hsu et al, 2017; Strupp et al, 2018).…”

“…CM is defined as a “collaborative process of assessment, planning, facilitation, care coordination, evaluation, and advocacy for options and services to meet an individual’s and family’s comprehensive health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality, cost-effective outcomes” (Case Management Society of America [CMSA], 2017). CM has been shown to promote QoL, reduce health care costs, and provide patient-centered and comprehensive care for a variety of chronic illnesses in hospital-based and community-based settings (Hsu et al, 2017; Joo & Huber, 2018). Furthermore, several systematic reviews have found CM to effectively reduce hospital access, increase QoL, and improve satisfaction with care in the care of chronic illnesses (Huntley, Johnson, King, Morris, & Purdy, 2016; Joo & Liu, 2017; Stokes et al, 2015).…”

Can case management improve cancer patients quality of life?

“…Since many cancer patients have different degrees of psychological stress, mental disorder and physical dysfunction,[ 5 6 7 ] case management (CM) was established to use resources effectively to increase the quality of treatments and improve patient care services. The definition of case management is “a collaborative process that provides assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, evaluation to meet the individuals and familys health service needs”, [8] and the case management system is carried out by substance of multidisciplinary, patient-centered and organizational care.…”