TY - JOUR
T1 - Nursing support for symptoms in patients with cancer and caregiver burdens
T2 - a scoping review protocol
AU - Kako, Jun
AU - Kobayashi, Masamitsu
AU - Kanno, Yusuke
AU - Kajiwara, Kohei
AU - Nakano, Kimiko
AU - Morikawa, Miharu
AU - Matsuda, Yoshinobu
AU - Shimizu, Yoichi
AU - Hori, Megumi
AU - Niino, Mariko
AU - Suzuki, Miho
AU - Shimazu, Taichi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the JSPS KAKENHI (grant number 21H03236). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.
Funding Information:
We thank Editage (www.editage.jp) for English-language editing. This study received guidance from the National Center Consortium in Implementation Science for Health Equity (N-EQUITY) funded by the Japan Health Research Promotion Bureau (JH) Research Fund (grant number 2019-(1)-4).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/9/14
Y1 - 2022/9/14
N2 - Introduction Terminally ill patients with cancer experience a variety of symptoms, and their families experience certain caregiver burdens. Most studies on this topic have focused on the symptoms experienced by patients with cancer. There is little established evidence to show how nursing support affects these symptoms and burdens. Nurses provide support by extrapolating their clinical experience, practical knowledge and insights gained from the treatment phase of patients with cancer, regardless of the existence or degree of evidence. This study presents a scoping review protocol with the aim of categorising the feasibility of nursing support from the initial to the terminal phases in the trajectory of cancer care. Method and analysis This review will be guided by Arksey and O'Malley's five-stage scoping review framework and Levac's extension. Our research project team will focus on the pain, dyspnoea, nausea and vomiting, constipation, delirium, fatigue and skin disorders experienced by patients with cancer as well as the burdens experienced by caregivers of such patients. All available published articles from database inception to 31 January 2022 will be systematically searched using the following electrical databases: PubMed, CINAHL, CENTRAL in the Cochrane Library and Ichushi-Web of the Japan Medical Abstract Society databases. In addition, we will assess relevant studies from the reference list and manually search each key journal. The formula creation phase of the literature search involves working with a librarian to identify relevant keywords. At least two reviewers will independently screen and review articles and extract data using a data chart form. Results will be mapped according to study design and analysed for adaptation in the field of terminal cancer. Ethics and dissemination This review does not require ethical approval as it is a secondary analysis of pre-existing, published data. The findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations.
AB - Introduction Terminally ill patients with cancer experience a variety of symptoms, and their families experience certain caregiver burdens. Most studies on this topic have focused on the symptoms experienced by patients with cancer. There is little established evidence to show how nursing support affects these symptoms and burdens. Nurses provide support by extrapolating their clinical experience, practical knowledge and insights gained from the treatment phase of patients with cancer, regardless of the existence or degree of evidence. This study presents a scoping review protocol with the aim of categorising the feasibility of nursing support from the initial to the terminal phases in the trajectory of cancer care. Method and analysis This review will be guided by Arksey and O'Malley's five-stage scoping review framework and Levac's extension. Our research project team will focus on the pain, dyspnoea, nausea and vomiting, constipation, delirium, fatigue and skin disorders experienced by patients with cancer as well as the burdens experienced by caregivers of such patients. All available published articles from database inception to 31 January 2022 will be systematically searched using the following electrical databases: PubMed, CINAHL, CENTRAL in the Cochrane Library and Ichushi-Web of the Japan Medical Abstract Society databases. In addition, we will assess relevant studies from the reference list and manually search each key journal. The formula creation phase of the literature search involves working with a librarian to identify relevant keywords. At least two reviewers will independently screen and review articles and extract data using a data chart form. Results will be mapped according to study design and analysed for adaptation in the field of terminal cancer. Ethics and dissemination This review does not require ethical approval as it is a secondary analysis of pre-existing, published data. The findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations.
KW - ONCOLOGY
KW - PALLIATIVE CARE
KW - PSYCHIATRY
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U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061866
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061866
M3 - Article
C2 - 36104140
AN - SCOPUS:85137853253
SN - 2044-6055
VL - 12
JO - BMJ Open
JF - BMJ Open
IS - 9
M1 - e061866
ER -
