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01-02-2010 | Original Article

Effectiveness of a discharge-planning program and home visits for meeting the physical care needs of children with cancer

Authors: Medine Caliskan Yilmaz, Suheyla A. Ozsoy

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 2/2010

Abstract

Goals of work

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a discharge-planning program on helping caregivers meet the physical care needs of children with cancer.

Patients and methods

This research is a quasi-experimental type of study in a pediatric oncology clinic at a university hospital in Izmir/Turkey. The control group had 25 and the experimental group had 24 patients with their caregivers. For the experimental group, discharge planning, discharge teaching, home visits, and telephone consultation were provided and has been planned to investigate the effectiveness of a discharge-planning program on helping caregivers meet the physical care needs of children with cancer between 0–18 years of age.

Main results

In the third assessment, the number of patients that needed physical care needs in the experimental and control groups was decreased, and children in the experimental group had a lower number of physical care needs. A decreased number of unplanned admissions to the hospital at the first and third follow-up times, a decrease in unplanned admissions, and higher satisfaction rate were seen in the experimental group caregivers.

Conclusions

A discharge-planning program and a hospital-based home care model had a very significant effect on the care needs of children with cancer and their caregivers. Our findings indicate that a discharge-planning program and a hospital-based home care model had a very significant effect on the care needs of children with cancer and their caregivers.

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Title: Effectiveness of a discharge-planning program and home visits for meeting the physical care needs of children with cancer
Authors: Medine Caliskan Yilmaz
Suheyla A. Ozsoy
Publication date: 01-02-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-009-0650-2

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