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dc.contributor.authorUllgren, Helena-
dc.contributor.authorTsitsi, Theologia-
dc.contributor.authorPapastavrou, Evridiki-
dc.contributor.authorCharalambous, Andreas-
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-04T09:32:27Z-
dc.date.available2018-07-04T09:32:27Z-
dc.date.issued2018-09-
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Nursing Studies, 2018, vol. 85, pp. 68-79en_US
dc.identifier.issn00207489-
dc.description.abstractIntroduction Cancer affects not only the patient, but also the whole family, especially when a member of the family assumes the role of the family caregiver. This puts an additional emotional, social and financial strain on the family caregivers. Family caregivers of cancer patients are actively involved in the care provided at the home setting through various ways including practical tasks, symptom management and care coordination. The focus of preceding studies on family caregivers and symptom management was either on pain or the patients’ and family caregivers’ experience of symptom management and coping. The aim of this review was to provide evidence on how family caregivers manage symptoms and side effects at home, in adult cancer patients throughout the disease trajectory. Methods A systematic literature review was performed in PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials with a combination of keywords and MeSH terms for family caregivers, cancer, symptoms, side effects and management. Based on predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 1270 articles were screened and 20 studies were included in the analysis. A descriptive analysis was performed due to the heterogeneity of the findings. Results The results showed that only a limited number of studies (3/20) explored how and what family caregivers do in symptom management as a primary outcome. Family caregivers provided psychosocial support, such as supporting and motivating the patient and maintaining social engagement. Caregivers provided physical support such as with the administration of medicine and tube feeding. As an integral part of managing the symptoms, family caregivers actively monitored and assessed symptoms to timely recognize any treatment related side effects, assess the response to therapeutic interventions and recognize possible deterioration in physical status. Furthermore, family caregivers were often the decision maker – being alert, watching and waiting and decided when to act and when not to act. Conclusions Family caregivers are doing work similar to healthcare professionals, when managing symptoms and side effects at home in patients with cancer. Advanced tasks such as assessing, monitoring and deciding when and how to act are included in the daily routine of family caregivers.en_US
dc.formatpdfen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Nursing Studiesen_US
dc.rights© Elsevier Ltden_US
dc.subjectFamily caregiversen_US
dc.subjectCanceren_US
dc.subjectSymptom managementen_US
dc.subjectSystematic reviewen_US
dc.titleHow family caregivers of cancer patients manage symptoms at home: a systematic reviewen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.collaborationRegional Cancer Centre Stockholm-Gotlanden_US
dc.collaborationKarolinska University Hospitalen_US
dc.collaborationCyprus University of Technologyen_US
dc.collaborationUniversity of Turkuen_US
dc.subject.categoryBasic Medicineen_US
dc.journalsSubscriptionen_US
dc.countrySwedenen_US
dc.countryCyprusen_US
dc.countryFinlanden_US
dc.subject.fieldMedical and Health Sciencesen_US
dc.publicationPeer Revieweden_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2018.05.004en_US
dc.relation.volume85en_US
cut.common.academicyear2018-2019en_US
dc.identifier.spage68en_US
dc.identifier.epage79en_US
item.fulltextNo Fulltext-
item.languageiso639-1en-
item.grantfulltextnone-
item.openairecristypehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501-
item.cerifentitytypePublications-
item.openairetypearticle-
crisitem.journal.journalissn0020-7489-
crisitem.journal.publisherElsevier-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Nursing-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Nursing-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Nursing-
crisitem.author.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences-
crisitem.author.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences-
crisitem.author.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0002-9143-1716-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0001-5128-3651-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0003-4050-031X-
crisitem.author.parentorgFaculty of Health Sciences-
crisitem.author.parentorgFaculty of Health Sciences-
crisitem.author.parentorgFaculty of Health Sciences-
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