ArticleBMC palliative care2026
A nurse-led palliative care programme for women receiving palliative chemotherapy for breast cancer.
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- Breast Cancer Care in Ghana: A Review of the Continuum of Care and Progress Toward Universal Health Coverage.International journal of breast cancer · 2026Review
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Abstract
backgroundGlobally, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, with 2.3 million women newly diagnosed in 2020. In Africa, most women present with advanced disease necessitating nurse-led palliative care interventions. This study pilot tested a nurse-led palliative care programme for women receiving palliative chemotherapy for breast cancer at a teaching hospital in the Volta Region of Ghana.
methodsAn intervention design and pre-test post-test approach was used. The primary outcome focused on unmet palliative care needs and secondary outcomes included pain, quality of life, and spiritual needs, measured by means of the Symptoms Distress Scale (SDC), Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), Spiritual Needs Questionnaire (SpNQ), and European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire - Breast Cancer Module 45 items (EORTC QLQ-BR45). Census sampling entered 31 women in the programme but only 24 completed it. Descriptive statistics were used to analyzed the data and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, with significance set at p ≤ 0.05, compared the medians of the two samples. The study was registered with Pan African Clinical Trial Registry (PACTR202509735988120) on September 29th, 2025.
resultsResults showed positive outcomes post-intervention. Symptom distress decreased from x̄ 2.98 to x̄ 1.97, pain severity reduced from x̄ 9.34 to x̄ 2.75, and quality of life improved from x̄ 2.79 to x̄ 1.94. Spiritual needs increased from x̄ 1.04 to x̄ 3.00.
conclusionThe study provided evidence that a nurse-led palliative care programme, based on the care needs of women with advanced breast cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy in the Volta Region of Ghana, lessened symptom distress, pain and improved quality of life.
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