Nurse-led telehealth interventions for symptom management in patients with cancer receiving systemic or radiation therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Chanel KwokCharlena DegenNarges MoradiShi Wu WenPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2022)
Few studies evaluated nurse-led telehealth interventions for cancer symptom management. Compared to usual care, patients exposed to telehealth interventions had reduced symptom severity and no difference in health services use. Future research should focus on better reporting intervention characteristics and consistently measuring outcomes.
Keyphrases
- radiation therapy
- physical activity
- end stage renal disease
- patient reported
- primary care
- healthcare
- randomized controlled trial
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- palliative care
- prognostic factors
- papillary thyroid
- peritoneal dialysis
- emergency department
- metabolic syndrome
- squamous cell carcinoma
- pain management
- lymph node metastasis
- locally advanced