1. Providing a nurse-led complex nursing INtervention FOcused on quality of life assessment on advanced cancer patients: The INFO-QoL pilot trial
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Franco Henriquet, Iraj Davoodi, Emanuele Lo Re, Elias Salvini, Marzia Regaldo, Giuseppe Aleo, Danny Brunelli, Marta Bottino, Immacolata Massidda, Cinzia Grifasi, Silvia La Placa, Margherita Camporeale, Stefano Vignali, Maria Teresa Roy, Milko Zanini, Claudia Cervetti, Alessandro Borrazzo, Paola Pilastri, Camilla Roccatagliata, Valentina Romeo, Loredana Sasso, Marco Guillen, Giulia Callura, Annamaria Piana, A. Dal Molin, Silvia Marenco, Patrizia Zavaglia, Michele Gallucci, Alessio Signori, Luana Vignolo, Monica Giordano, Michela Calzolari, Annamaria Bagnasco, Rina Bissiri, Francesca Pettinati, Giulia Giordo, Gianluca Catania, and Tamara Tranchida
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Advance care planning ,Adult ,Palliative care ,Psychological intervention ,Pilot Projects ,Nurse's Role ,Competence (law) ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Complex interventions ,Nursing ,Quality of life ,Informed consent ,Hospice and palliative care nursing ,Implementation science ,Patient reported outcome measures ,Humans ,Palliative Care ,Neoplasms ,Quality of Life ,Medicine ,030504 nursing ,Oncology (nursing) ,business.industry ,Experimental Unit ,General Medicine ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Anxiety ,medicine.symptom ,0305 other medical science ,business - Abstract
PURPOSE Unmet needs for advanced-disease cancer patients are fatigue, pain, and emotional support. Little information is available about the feasibility of interventions focused on patient-reported outcome measurement developed according to the Medical Research Council (MRC) Framework in advanced-disease cancer patients. We aimed to pilot a nurse-led complex intervention focused on QoL assessment in advanced-disease cancer patients. METHODS The INFO-QoL study was based on an exploratory, nonequivalent comparison group, pre-test-post-test design. Study sites received either the INFO-QoL intervention or usual care. Adult advanced-disease cancer patients admitted to hospice inpatient units that gave their informed consent were included in the study. Subjects were 187 patients and their families and 19 healthcare professionals. We evaluated feasibility, acceptability, and patients' outcomes using the Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale. RESULTS Nineteen healthcare professionals were included. The mean competence score increased significantly over time (p
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- 2020