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ArticleNursing open2019

Are patient education and self-care advantageous for patients with head and neck cancer? A feasibility study.

Anne Söderlund Schaller, Elena Dragioti, Gunilla M Liedberg, Britt Larsson

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Article in Nursing open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anne Söderlund SchallerPain and Rehabilitation Centre and Department of Medical and Health Sciences Linköping University Linköping Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0380-3365
Elena DragiotiPain and Rehabilitation Centre and Department of Medical and Health Sciences Linköping University Linköping Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9019-4125
Gunilla M LiedbergDivision of Occupational Therapy, Department of Social and Welfare Studies Faculty of Health Sciences, Campus Norrkoping, Linköping University Linköping Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2980-2835
Britt LarssonPain and Rehabilitation Centre and Department of Medical and Health Sciences Linköping University Linköping Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6924-9910
Linköping University · SE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThis study evaluates whether patient education and individually self-care reduces pain and improves QoL, mood and sleep during and after radiotherapy treatment for patients with head and neck cancer.

designA longitudinal, two-armed feasibility study design was performed.

methodsSixty-four participants with curative intent were included in the study. All participants answered questions about pain three times a week and completed a survey questionnaire about pain, QoL, psychological aspects and barriers towards pain management at baseline, at 4 weeks and at 10 weeks. Thirty-four of the participants attended in two education sessions on pain based on their beliefs about pain and received individualized self-care instructions based on their weekly rating of pain.

resultThis study did not find any significant group differences for the pain, QoL, mood and sleep.

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educationhead and neck cancerpainpsychological symptomsquality of lifeself‐care

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PMID31660181
PMCPMC6805323
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