ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the experience of nurses from a center in Portugal and two in Brazil regarding the use of non-pharmacological therapies in cancer patients. Method: This is a professional experience report. Results: In the Portuguese institution, a group of nurses has been performing ma...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate telephone monitoring for symptoms, quality of life, distress, admissions to the emergency center and the satisfaction of cancer patients undergoing esophagectomy and gastrectomy. Method: Randomized controlled study in two groups, carried out at the Cancer Institute of ...
ABSTRACT Objective: To map the scientific evidence published in the literature about nursing strategies and intervention programs directed at supporting psychological adaptation in adult cancer patients. Method: A scoping review based on Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewers' Manual 2015 Methodology for ...
ABSTRACT Objective: This review aims to map and provide an overview of literature concerning nursing strategies and intervention programs that promote healthy behaviors in cancer patients. Method: A scoping review was conducted using the methodological framework developed by Joanna Briggs Institute an...
ABSTRACT Objective: To correlate caring ability with overburden, stress and coping of urban and rural family caregivers of patients undergoing cancer treatment. Method: Cross-sectional study, carried out in a referral hospital for cancer treatment, with urban and rural caregivers who responded the foll...
ABSTRACT Objective: To synthesize the best available evidence on the effectiveness of nursing interventions in radiotherapy patient care and to summarize the evidence on the experience and acceptability of interventions reported by health professionals involved in the prevention and treatment of side ef...
RESUMO Objetivo Analisar evidências científicas na literatura do uso da auriculoterapia no alívio de sintomas relacionados ao câncer e/ou seu tratamento. Método Revisão integrativa da literatura nas bases: MEDLINE, CINAHL, LILACS, SCOPUS e COCHRANE, nos últimos cinco anos e nos idiomas inglês, ...
Abstract Objective: To understand the experience of maternal overload in caring for children with cancer from the mother's perspective. Method: Symbolic Interactionism was adopted as a theoretical framework and the Grounded Theory as methodological framework. The study was conducted in a public hospi...
Abstract Objective: To describe the contents and structure of the social representation of cancer. Method: A qualitative study based on the Theory of Social Representations, carried out in a High Complexity Care Unit in Oncology. Data collection included a socio-occupational and clinical characteriza...
RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar a efetividade da acupuntura auricular na dor de pacientes oncológicos em tratamento quimioterápico e possíveis alterações no consumo de analgésicos após a aplicação da intervenção. Método: Ensaio clínico randomizado com portadores de câncer que apresentavam queixa...
