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ArticleCureus2023

Nursing Support for Pain in Patients With Cancer: A Scoping Review.

Miharu Morikawa, Kohei Kajiwara, Masamitsu Kobayashi, Kanno Yusuke, Kimiko Nakano, Yoshinobu Matsuda, Yoichi Shimizu, Taichi Shimazu, Jun Kako

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Miharu MorikawaGraduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JPN.
Kohei KajiwaraFaculty of Nursing, Japanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of Nursing, Munakata, JPN.
Masamitsu KobayashiGraduate School of Nursing Science, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, JPN.
Kanno YusukeDepartment of Home Health and Palliative Care Nursing, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, JPN.
Kimiko NakanoClinical Research Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, JPN.
Yoshinobu MatsudaDepartment of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, JPN.
Yoichi ShimizuDepartment of Adult Nursing, National College of Nursing, Japan, Tokyo, JPN.
Taichi ShimazuDivision of Behavioral Sciences, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, JPN.
Jun KakoGraduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu, JPN.
Kyoto University · JPSt. Luke's International University · JPJapanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of Nursing · JPNational College Of Nursing · JPNational Kinki Chuo Hospital for Chest Disease · JPTokushima University Hospital · JPTokyo Health Care University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pain is subjective, warranting tailored responses in pharmacotherapy and nursing support. Despite this, the evidence for suitable nursing support for pain is not well established in terminally ill patients such as those with cancer; therefore, it is necessary to provide support in consideration of changes in physical symptoms and quality of life. However, interventional studies for such patients are often difficult. There have been no comprehensive studies to date on non-pharmacological support that can be implemented by nurses. Therefore, with the aim of examining nursing support applicable at the end of life, this scoping review comprehensively mapped nursing support for pain in cancer patients at all stages of the disease. This study complies with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement and the Arksey and O'Malley framework. All available published articles from the time of database establishment to January 31, 2022, were systematically searched for in PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), CENTRAL, and the Ichushi Web database of the Japanese Society of Medical Abstracts. Overall, 10,385 articles were screened, and 72 were finally included. Both randomized controlled trials (RCTs) (n = 62) and non-RCTs (n = 10) were included. Twenty-two types of nursing support were identified. Eighteen of them showed positive results; five of them were provided only to terminally ill patients, three of which were effective, namely, comfort care, foot bath, and combined therapy. It is important to examine the applicability of types of nursing support in clinical practice in the future.

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cancercareend of lifenursingpainscoping review

Identifiers

PMID38161938
PMCPMC10757112
OpenAlexW4389199423

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