Telenursing Interventions for Patients With Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy: A Scoping Review

Oncol Nurs Forum. 2023 Oct 19;50(6):767-782. doi: 10.1188/23.ONF.767-782.

Abstract

Problem identification: To provide an overview of telenursing interventions, primary outcomes, and tools used in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy, a scoping review was conducted.

Literature search: PubMed®, Embase®, and CINAHL® databases were searched using the following keywords: telenursing, adverse event, and drug therapy.

Data evaluation: From the screening process, 11 studies were identified.

Synthesis: In patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy, telenursing interventions were mainly used to monitor symptoms, particularly fatigue, anxiety, and depression. The interventions used included outcome-specific, nonspecific, and validated tools, or tools developed from reporting systems for adverse events.

Implications for research: Large-scale, well-conducted randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses are needed to test the results of this scoping review.

Keywords: adverse events; cancer; chemotherapy; oncology nursing; telenursing.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anxiety
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Telenursing*