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ArticleAsia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing2022

"It's a part of the patient": The experiences of patients with cancer undergoing home-based chemotherapy from patients' and nurses' perspectives.

Hyoeun Jang, Sanghee Kim, DaeEun Kim, Mehee Park, Sunemee Rhue, Changmin Lee, Seulgee Kim, Byungmun Kang, Haeri Lee

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Article in Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Home-based treatment for patients with hematological cancer in Denmark-A national overview.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  5. Hospital at home for oncologic patients: SEOM-SEHAD consensus on clinical practice.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  6. "The biggest challenge is there's never a routine": a qualitative study of the time burdens of cancer care at home.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hyoeun JangCollege of Nursing and Brain Korea 21 FOUR Project, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Sanghee KimCollege of Nursing and Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
DaeEun KimSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Mehee ParkYonsei University Health System, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Sunemee RhueYonsei University Health System, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Changmin LeeSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Seulgee KimSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Byungmun KangSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Haeri LeeSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Yonsei University · KRYonsei University Health System · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Home-based chemotherapy is widely used and offers advantages in terms of patient-centeredness, hospital capacity, and cost-effectiveness. However, in practice, patients experience difficulties with self-management and handling the elastomeric infuser. In this study, we aimed to explore the experiences of patients undergoing home-based chemotherapy based on patients' and nurses' perspectives. Additionally, we aimed to identify patients' unmet needs. Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted in a tertiary hospital in South Korea. Ten patients undergoing home-based chemotherapy and ten nurses with experience in home-based chemotherapy participated. Data were collected by using semi-structured individual interviews and analyzed by using inductive content analysis. Results: Four main categories were identified based on the interviews: (1) ambivalence regarding comfort vs. enduring the discomfort, (2) acceptance of the discomfort as a part of them, (3) the need for more precise, numerical measurements, and (4) the realization that they need similar hands-on care at home as in a hospital. Conclusions: Although patients were satisfied with home-based chemotherapy, they were enduring the difficulties they experienced at home alone. Nurses should make an effort to identify patient needs and devise tailored nursing interventions to improve their safety.

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Ambulatory outpatient serviceCancerCancer patientsChemotherapyChemotherapy careQualitative studies

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PMCPMC9184288
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