Being in touch: narrative assessment of patients receiving online integrative oncology treatments during COVID-19
| العنوان: | Being in touch: narrative assessment of patients receiving online integrative oncology treatments during COVID-19 |
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| المؤلفون: | Orit Gressel, Yehudit Tapiro, Noah Samuels, Yael Keshet, Ofer Lavie, Eran Ben-Arye |
| المصدر: | Supportive Care in Cancer |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Complementary Therapies, Male, Quality of life, Telemedicine, Palliative care, Psychological intervention, Coding (therapy), 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Quality of life (healthcare), Nursing, Pregnancy, Neoplasms, Humans, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Narration, Modalities, Integrative Oncology, SARS-CoV-2, business.industry, Self-Management, Nursing research, Integrative oncology, COVID-19, Continuity of Patient Care, Middle Aged, Oncology, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Continuity of care, Female, Original Article, business, Internet-Based Intervention |
| الوصف: | OBJECTIVE: We examined the qualitative impact of an online integrative oncology (IO) treatment program, designed in response to the restrictions created by the current COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Patients undergoing chemotherapy were seen by an integrative physician (IP), together co-designing an IO treatment program of ≥ 6 weekly treatments to alleviate symptoms and improve quality of life (QoL). IO practitioners guided patients and their caregivers online in self-treatment with manual/touch, movement, and/or mind-body modalities. Narratives of both patients and IO practitioners were analyzed for systematic coding, identifying barriers and advantages of the online treatment program. RESULTS: Narratives obtained from 30 patients and eight IO-trained practitioners were examined. The patients had undergone 169 online IO sessions with a total of 327 IO interventions during the 3-month study period. Patient narratives included reflections on both non-specific effects (e.g., less of a "sense of isolation") and specific QoL-related outcomes with the online intervention. IO practitioner narratives focused on barriers to providing manual-movement and mind-body modalities, suggesting practical recommendations on how to address specific QoL-related outcomes using the online IO "toolbox." CONCLUSIONS: Effective online IO practitioner-guided treatments are feasible and may induce both specific and non-specific QoL-related effects. Future research needs to explore online IO interventions for additional situations in which access to IO care is limited. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1433-7339 0941-4355 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00520-021-06026-x |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::5e3a2490ec66470040770204184d895c |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....5e3a2490ec66470040770204184d895c |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14337339 09414355 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s00520-021-06026-x |