The Effect of Psychosocial Support Videos Provided by the Community on Disease Attitudes and Symptoms of Pediatric Oncology Patients: Randomized Controlled Study.

Autor: Semerci R; Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye. Electronic address: remziyesemerci@gmail.com., Savaş EH; Graduate School of Health Sciences, Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye., Gürbüz EG; Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye., Başegen N; Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye., Erkul M; Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Science, Akdeniz Bilim University, Antalya, Türkiye., Alki K; Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Başakşehir Çam and Sakura State Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye., Uysalol EP; Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Başakşehir Çam and Sakura State Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Seminars in oncology nursing [Semin Oncol Nurs] 2024 Feb; Vol. 40 (1), pp. 151570. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 30.
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2023.151570
Abstrakt: Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of psychosocial support videos provided by the community on the attitudes of pediatric oncology patients aged between 10 and 18 years toward their illness and treatment-related symptoms.
Data Sources: This prospective randomized controlled study was conducted with 52 pediatric oncology patients aged between 10 and 18. The data were collected using the Information Form, Child Attitude Towards Illness Scale (CATIS), and Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS). When the control group received standard care, the intervention group received psychosocial support videos provided by the community at the beginning of the week for 1 month.
Conclusion: This study suggests that the implemented intervention positively affected pediatric patients' symptom management, psychological well-being, and attitudes toward their illness. Considering that today's adolescents have grown up in the age of technology and show great interest in technology and media use, it is clear that psychosocial support videos may attract the attention of this age group. Producing and sharing similar content for other children with similar health problems may positively affect the psychosocial health outcomes of pediatric patients.
Implications for Nursing Practice: It has been found that it is beneficial to include community-supported psychosocial support in the nursing care of pediatric oncology patients. For this reason, it is recommended that nurses actively participate in developing psychosocial support strategies and take the lead in creating and making the content accessible.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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