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EFFECT OF IMPLEMENTING EARLY PALLIATIVE CARE ON HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA PATIENTS' OUTCOMES

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Medical Surgical Nursing

Abstract

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma is the world's fifth most common cancer and the second biggest cause of cancer-related death. HCC patients encounter a wide range of symptoms that are severe enough to affect their quality of life. Nurses must develop collaborative, multidisciplinary symptom treatment strategies.  Aim: Evaluate the effect of implementing early palliative care on hepatocellular carcinoma patients' outcomes. Subjects and method: design: Quasi-experimental design was utilized. Subjects: proposed Sample of 114 adult patients aged 20 - 60 years old of both sexes who diagnosed of hepatocellular carcinoma.The research was carried out in both inpatient and outpatient clinics for patients follow up at Mahalla Hepatology Educational Hospital affiliated to Ministry of Health. Tools: Four tools were used for the collection of the necessary data and achieving the aim of the study as follows; Interview questionnaire sheet, FACT-Hep Version4, ESAS, CES-Dep.   Results: Revealed that there was significant improving effect regarding total score of FACT-Hep, ESAS, and CES-Dep two weeks post implementation of early palliative care and in follow up. Conclusion: The study concluded that the early palliative care improves the quality of life, relieves pain and other symptoms either from the disease or from the treatment and improves mood in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Recommendations: Early palliative care should be initiated early once the patient diagnosed in order to be integrated with medical treatment. This research has provided a starting point for further studies regarding health services research in palliative care.
 

DOI

10.21608/pssjn.2022.90942.1139

Keywords

Early palliative care, Hepatocellular carcinoma, patients' outcomes

Authors

First Name

Nehad

Last Name

Elkosier

MiddleName

Yasser

Affiliation

B.Sc. Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt.

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nehadnoor91@yahoo.com

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El-Mahala El-Kobra

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First Name

Amany

Last Name

Shebl

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt

Email

dr_amanys@mans.edu.eg

City

Mansoura

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First Name

Amal

Last Name

Shaaban

MiddleName

Eid

Affiliation

Medical-surgical Nursing department-faculty of nursing -Mansoura University

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amaleid@mans.edu.eg

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Mansoura

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Volume

9

Article Issue

2

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36090

Issue Date

2022-08-01

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2021-08-15

Publish Date

2022-08-31

Page Start

125

Page End

153

Print ISSN

2356-8658

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2682-3241

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866

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Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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22 Jan 2023