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Effect of Symptom Navi Program on Outcomes for Patients Receiving Cancer Treatment: A quasi-experimental study

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Last updated: 09 Mar 2025

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Evidence suggests that healthcare professionals should provide supportive care to cancer patients to address their informational, practical, emotional, and psychosocial requirements, therefore Symptom Navi program is a nurse-led program that helps patients with cancer better control their symptoms. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of implementing the Symptom Navi© program on outcomes for patients with cancer. A quasi-experimental research design was applied to two groups (study & control), Sample: purposive sample120 patients for each group were selected from the outpatient clinic of Mansoura Oncology Center, Egypt. Five tools were used to gather data: The Demographic and patients' medical history datasheet, The Monroe Dunaway Anderson Symptom Inventory, the Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Diseases 6-item Scale, the Single-Item Linear Analog Scale Assessment (LASA), and the patient-reported chemotherapy indicators of symptoms and experiences. Results: The mean scores of MDASI and symptoms interfere with life of the study group decreased significantly (73.23 & 33.1) in posttest compared to (101.28 & 44.3) respectively in pretest (p < 0.001). There were also highly significant statistical differences in mean scores of self-efficacy and LASE scores of the study group (18.26 & 20.83 in pretest) instead of (28.68 & 22.39 in posttest). Conclusion: Implementation of the symptoms Navi program had a significant impact on reducing the severity of symptoms experienced by patients with cancer, promoting self-efficacy, in addition to enhancing the patient-reported chemotherapy indicators of symptoms and experiences, thus enhancing the overall quality of life, that can be adopted as a standard model of care. Recommendations: The SN©P is recommended to be applied within daily routines care and self-management implementation of patients with cancer.

DOI

10.21608/asnj.2025.344099.1966

Keywords

Cancer, Patients’ outcome &Symptom Navi© program

Authors

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Bahia

Last Name

Siam

MiddleName

Galal

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Assistant Professor of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port said University, Egypt.

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bahia_galal@yahoo.com

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Mansoura

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First Name

Amora

Last Name

Ibrahim Elmowafy

MiddleName

Omar

Affiliation

Lecturer of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt.

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amoraomar@mans.edu.eg

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Mansoura

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First Name

Soha

Last Name

Mahmoud

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Kamel Mosbah

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Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University Egypt.

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sohak26@yahoo.com

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Benha

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Shimaa

Last Name

Rizk

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Mohamed Abdou

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Assistant Professor of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt.

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shosho282004@yahoo.com

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Mansoura

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13

Article Issue

48

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52406

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2025-01-01

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2024-12-13

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2025-01-01

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207

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219

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2314-8845

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2682-3799

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1,040

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal

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Effect of Symptom Navi Program on Outcomes for Patients Receiving Cancer Treatment: A quasi-experimental study

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09 Mar 2025