Therapeutic Effects of Nurse Telephone Follow-up for Lung Cancer Patients in Turkey

Abstract

Nurse telephone follow-up is an acceptable and feasible form of patient contact and is a convenient and efficient way to offer patients the support and continuity of care they need.

The effects of telemedicine on the quality of life of patients with lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…The studies were conducted in United States, 23 , 26 , 27 China, 28 , 30 United Kingdom, 29 France 24 and Turkey. 25 Six 23 , 25 – 27 , 29 , 30 of them had adopted a telephone-based intervention while the remaining studies were Web-based. Follow-up duration ranged from 3 weeks to 8 months.…”

“…Finally, eight studies with a total of 635 patients were enrolled to our meta-analysis, all of which were experimental studies (six RCTs and two quasi-RCTs) published between 2014 and 2019. [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] The process of selecting the included studies is presented in Figure 1. Table 1 shows the basic characteristics of the enrolled articles and the essential information of the participants.…”

Acompanhamento por telefone como intervenção de enfermagem a pacientes em quimioterapia ambulatorial: revisão integrativa

“…In this review, the intervention also had an impact on the overall quality of life of breast cancer patients (26) , providing physical and emotional well-being -and improving the social function of patients with lung cancer (23) . An integrative review study with meta-analysis of the effects of telephone intervention on breast cancer survivors reported a positive and statistically significant effect on quality of Rev Gaúcha Enferm.…”

“…The results provide information on fall risk factors, mechanisms and possible mitigation strategies Regarding the characteristics of the studies, the country with the highest number of studies on the theme was the United States n = 7 (36.8%), followed by Asian countries n = 5 (26.3%), Brazil n = 3 (15.7%), UK n = 2 (10.5%), Turkey and Australia n = 1 (5.2%). Regarding the study design, the following results were obtained: randomized controlled trials (3,27,29,32) n = 4; randomized trials (22,24) n = 2; quasi-experimental (2,23,26) n = 3; observational (4,8,33) , descriptive (20,25,30) n = 3; qualitative (1,21,31) n = 3; and mixed (28) n = 1. Thus, the studies were classified according to levels of evidence: six with LE 2; three with LE 3; three with LE 4; and six with LE 6.…”

Oral Antikanser İlaç Kulanan Kanser Hastalarında Telefon ile Yapılan İzlemin İlaç Uyumuna Etkisi: Sistematik Derleme

“…Uygulanan yöntemin maliyetinin yanı sıra toplumun kültürel, soysa ekonomik ve eğitim seviyesine de uygun olması gerekmektedir. Hintistan ve arkadaşlarının kanser hastalarında telefon ile hemşire takibinde hastaların semptomlarının azaldığı görülmüş ve bu yöntemden fayda görüldüğü belirtilmiştir 39 . Ülkemizde kanser hastalarında telefon ile yapılan danışmanlık konusunda az çalışma olmasına rağmen diğer kronik hastalıklarda telefon ile izlem ve danışmanlık sıkça kullanılan, ucuz ve fayda görülen bir yöntemdir 40,41 .…”