Effect of Symptom Navi Program on Outcomes for Patients Receiving Cancer Treatment: A quasi-experimental study | ||||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 19, Volume 13, Issue 48, January 2025, Page 207-219 PDF (1.17 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2025.344099.1966 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Bahia Galal Siam1; Amora Omar Ibrahim Elmowafy2; Soha Kamel Mosbah Mahmoud3; Shimaa Mohamed Abdou Rizk  4
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| 1Assistant Professor of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port said University, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt. | ||||
| 3Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University Egypt. | ||||
| 4Assistant Professor of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Evidence suggests that healthcare professionals should provide supportive care to cancer patients to address their informational, practical, emotional, and psychosocial requirements, therefore Symptom Navi program is a nurse-led program that helps patients with cancer better control their symptoms. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of implementing the Symptom Navi© program on outcomes for patients with cancer. A quasi-experimental research design was applied to two groups (study & control), Sample: purposive sample120 patients for each group were selected from the outpatient clinic of Mansoura Oncology Center, Egypt. Five tools were used to gather data: The Demographic and patients’ medical history datasheet, The Monroe Dunaway Anderson Symptom Inventory, the Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Diseases 6-item Scale, the Single-Item Linear Analog Scale Assessment (LASA), and the patient-reported chemotherapy indicators of symptoms and experiences. Results: The mean scores of MDASI and symptoms interfere with life of the study group decreased significantly (73.23 & 33.1) in posttest compared to (101.28 & 44.3) respectively in pretest (p < 0.001). There were also highly significant statistical differences in mean scores of self-efficacy and LASE scores of the study group (18.26 & 20.83 in pretest) instead of (28.68 & 22.39 in posttest). Conclusion: Implementation of the symptoms Navi program had a significant impact on reducing the severity of symptoms experienced by patients with cancer, promoting self-efficacy, in addition to enhancing the patient-reported chemotherapy indicators of symptoms and experiences, thus enhancing the overall quality of life, that can be adopted as a standard model of care. Recommendations: The SN©P is recommended to be applied within daily routines care and self-management implementation of patients with cancer. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Cancer; Patients’ outcome &Symptom Navi© program | ||||
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