A Telemedicine-Delivered Nursing Intervention for Cancer-Related Distress in Rural Survivors.

To evaluate preliminary efficacy, fidelity, and integrity of data collection of a nurse-led, telemedicine-delivered video visit intervention aimed at improving management of rural survivors' cancer-related distress symptoms. 21 rural survivors participated in a nurse-led telemedicine intervention delivered six weeks after the end of active cancer treatment. Participants' symptom management was measured with the Short Form Survivor Unmet Needs Survey, a four-factor, 30-item instrument that measures the unmet needs of adult survivors. Data were collected preintervention and six weeks postintervention. The mean difference between pre- and postintervention survey scores was -0.24, representing an overall improvement in management of unmet needs. The unmet emotional needs domain had the highest mean preintervention score and the largest mean reduction. All effect sizes were small. A nurse-led, telemedicine-delivered video visit intervention may improve rural survivors' symptom management during early survivorship. Comparison with a control group using a sample size powered to detect clinically meaningful differences is an important next step to fully evaluate the impact of this model of care.

Citation

Pamela B DeGuzman, Bethany J Horton, Veronica Bernacchi, Mark J Jameson. A Telemedicine-Delivered Nursing Intervention for Cancer-Related Distress in Rural Survivors. Oncology nursing forum. 2022 Aug 18;49(5):455-460

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PMID: 36067245

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