Implementation of support meetings for patients undergoing outpatient chemotherapy by a multidisciplinary cancer team
Background: Outpatient chemotherapy is a standard treatment for cancer. In nursing care for outpatients, it is important to enhance patients’ self-efficacy. Vicarious experiences that can be gained through interactions with other patients with cancer can be useful for achieving this. While inpatie...
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| author | Miho Jinno Misako Dai Kaori Ito Yosuke Ando Seira Toyosato-Nishibe Maki Akiyoshi Sachie Noda Hidezo Matsuda Naho Tsujii Miho Zennami Masami Yamamura Yoko Katagata Akemi Ito Aki Takai Shigeki Yamada Kenji Kawada Junko Sugama Keiko Mano |
| author_facet | Miho Jinno Misako Dai Kaori Ito Yosuke Ando Seira Toyosato-Nishibe Maki Akiyoshi Sachie Noda Hidezo Matsuda Naho Tsujii Miho Zennami Masami Yamamura Yoko Katagata Akemi Ito Aki Takai Shigeki Yamada Kenji Kawada Junko Sugama Keiko Mano |
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| description | Background: Outpatient chemotherapy is a standard treatment for cancer. In nursing care for outpatients, it is
important to enhance patients’ self-efficacy. Vicarious experiences that can be gained through interactions with other
patients with cancer can be useful for achieving this. While inpatients can gain vicarious experiences through their
hospital stay, outpatients typically have fewer opportunities to do so.
Aims: This report aimed to examine the results of implementation of support meetings for patients receiving
outpatient chemotherapy.
Methods: Starting in April 2019, support meetings were held once a month for outpatients on Thursdays from 14:00
to 16:00 in a hospital conference room. Medical professionals designed the programme of support meetings to allow
patients to interact with each other and engage in vicarious experiences. At each meeting, satisfaction regarding the
support meeting content was evaluated by self-administered questionnaire. Moreover, the nurse asked all
participants to talk about their interactions, and recorded and extracted narratives about vicarious experiences.
Findings: The 32 participants had a median age (interquartile range) of 63.5 years (55–70 years). There were 26
females (81.2%). The median satisfaction scores ranged from 2.9 to 4 for the content of each meeting. Patients
talked about the value of learning from the experiences of other patients and the easing of loneliness.
Conclusion: The results suggested that support meetings can provide vicarious experiences for patients receiving
outpatient chemotherapy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-507856462d03427b880e9d4fdb2839ea2025-02-04T04:20:33ZengFujita Medical SocietyFujita Medical Journal2189-72472189-72552025-02-01111444710.20407/fmj.2024-005Implementation of support meetings for patients undergoing outpatient chemotherapy by a multidisciplinary cancer teamMiho Jinno0Misako Dai1Kaori Ito2Yosuke Ando3Seira Toyosato-Nishibe4Maki Akiyoshi5Sachie Noda6Hidezo Matsuda7Naho Tsujii8Miho Zennami9Masami Yamamura10Yoko Katagata11Akemi Ito12Aki Takai13Shigeki Yamada14Kenji Kawada15Junko Sugama16Keiko Mano17Division of Nursing, Fujita Health University HospitalResearch Center for Implementation Nursing Science Initiative, Research Promotion Headquarters, Fujita Health UniversityDepartment of Pharmacotherapeutics and Informatics, Fujita Health University, School of Medicine; Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University Department of Pharmacotherapeutics and Informatics, Fujita Health University, School of Medicine; Department of Pharmacy, Fujita Health University HospitalDepartment of Pharmacotherapeutics and Informatics, Fujita Health University, School of Medicine; Department of Pharmacotherapeutics and Informatics, Fujita Health University, School of MedicineDivision of Nursing, Fujita Health University HospitalDivision of Nursing, Fujita Health University HospitalDepartment of Pharmacy, Fujita Health University HospitalDepartment of Pharmacy, Fujita Health University HospitalDepartment of Pharmacy, Fujita Health University HospitalDivision of Nursing, Fujita Health University HospitalDivision of Nursing, Fujita Health University HospitalDepartment of Nutrition, Fujita Health University HospitalDivision of Nursing, Fujita Health University HospitalDepartment of Pharmacotherapeutics and Informatics, Fujita Health University, School of Medicine; Department of Pharmacy, Fujita Health University HospitalDepartment of Medical Oncology, Fujita Health University, School of MedicineResearch Center for Implementation Nursing Science Initiative, Research Promotion Headquarters, Fujita Health UniversityDivision of Nursing, Fujita Health University HospitalBackground: Outpatient chemotherapy is a standard treatment for cancer. In nursing care for outpatients, it is important to enhance patients’ self-efficacy. Vicarious experiences that can be gained through interactions with other patients with cancer can be useful for achieving this. While inpatients can gain vicarious experiences through their hospital stay, outpatients typically have fewer opportunities to do so. Aims: This report aimed to examine the results of implementation of support meetings for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy. Methods: Starting in April 2019, support meetings were held once a month for outpatients on Thursdays from 14:00 to 16:00 in a hospital conference room. Medical professionals designed the programme of support meetings to allow patients to interact with each other and engage in vicarious experiences. At each meeting, satisfaction regarding the support meeting content was evaluated by self-administered questionnaire. Moreover, the nurse asked all participants to talk about their interactions, and recorded and extracted narratives about vicarious experiences. Findings: The 32 participants had a median age (interquartile range) of 63.5 years (55–70 years). There were 26 females (81.2%). The median satisfaction scores ranged from 2.9 to 4 for the content of each meeting. Patients talked about the value of learning from the experiences of other patients and the easing of loneliness. Conclusion: The results suggested that support meetings can provide vicarious experiences for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/fmj/11/1/11_2024-005/_pdf/-char/jaoutpatient chemotherapycommunicationmultidisciplinary teamquality of health care |
| spellingShingle | Miho Jinno Misako Dai Kaori Ito Yosuke Ando Seira Toyosato-Nishibe Maki Akiyoshi Sachie Noda Hidezo Matsuda Naho Tsujii Miho Zennami Masami Yamamura Yoko Katagata Akemi Ito Aki Takai Shigeki Yamada Kenji Kawada Junko Sugama Keiko Mano Implementation of support meetings for patients undergoing outpatient chemotherapy by a multidisciplinary cancer team Fujita Medical Journal outpatient chemotherapy communication multidisciplinary team quality of health care |
| title | Implementation of support meetings for patients undergoing outpatient chemotherapy by a multidisciplinary cancer team |
| title_full | Implementation of support meetings for patients undergoing outpatient chemotherapy by a multidisciplinary cancer team |
| title_fullStr | Implementation of support meetings for patients undergoing outpatient chemotherapy by a multidisciplinary cancer team |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implementation of support meetings for patients undergoing outpatient chemotherapy by a multidisciplinary cancer team |
| title_short | Implementation of support meetings for patients undergoing outpatient chemotherapy by a multidisciplinary cancer team |
| title_sort | implementation of support meetings for patients undergoing outpatient chemotherapy by a multidisciplinary cancer team |
| topic | outpatient chemotherapy communication multidisciplinary team quality of health care |
| url | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/fmj/11/1/11_2024-005/_pdf/-char/ja |
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