Coping strategies and interventions for cognitive changes in patients with cancer

Abstract

Objectives: To provide a comprehensive summary of the coping strategies and evidence-based interventions used to address cognitive impairment following cancer and cancer treatment.

Data sources: Review and synthesis of empirical articles.

Conclusion: Survivors identified a structured environment and validation of their cognitive concerns as essential to adjustment. Although interventional research is still limited, non-pharmacological approaches such as cognitive training programs show the greatest promise.

Implications for nursing practice: Oncology nurses must understand the available evidence and provide information and guidance to cancer survivors to address cognitive changes after cancer.

Keywords: Cognition; coping; evidence-based practice; intervention.