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PubMed: 39449435 DOI: 10.3390/nursrep14040198
Perceptions and Expectations of Patients with Lung Cancer and Melanoma about the Telenursing Approach: A Phenomenological Study.
Nurs Rep 14(4):2680-2694
Authors: Aurora De Leo, Sara Dionisi, Alessandro Spano, Laura Iacorossi, Gloria Liquori, Noemi Giannetta, Emanuele Di Simone, Paola Presta, Fabrizio Petrone, Marco Di Muzio, Nicolò Panattoni
Affiliations
- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
- Nursing Research Unit IFO, IRCCS Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri, 00144 Rome, Italy.
- Nursing, Technical, Rehabilitation Department, DaTeR Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Bologna, 40124 Bologna, Italy.
- Department of Life, Health and Health Professions Sciences, Link Campus University, 00165 Rome, Italy.
- Departmental Faculty of Medicine, UniCamillus, 00131 Rome, Italy.
- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
- Nursing, Technical, Rehabilitation, Assistance and Research Direction, IRCCS Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri, IFO, 00144 Rome, Italy.
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Telenursing could improve continuity of care in patients with cancer. This study aims to explore the expectations and perceptions of patients with lung cancer and melanoma toward telenursing.
METHODS
A descriptive qualitative study using a phenomenological approach was conducted on a convenience sampling of twenty patients aged 18 years or over from a Cancer Center. With the consent of patients and the relevant Ethics Committee, in-depth open-ended face-to-face interviews were conducted until data saturation. The phenomenon's essence was achieved through themes emerging from the qualitative data analysis.
RESULTS
Patients' perceptions and expectations were related to areas explored by a general theme on the nurse-patient relationship's importance. Four themes and eleven sub-themes were focused on misconceptions about lack of use, patients' potential and fears, the home as a place of care, and the caring relationship. Fifteen patients perceived the internet as a chaotic "bubble".
CONCLUSIONS
Despite the lack of previous use, patients consider telenursing positively as "a bridge between home and care", especially in the advanced stages of the disease. They highlighted strengths and weaknesses of telenursing, such as having "someone for you", connection, fear of psychological addiction, loss of privacy, and lack of empathy. This study was not registered.
MeSH
Nurses, Telenursing, Lung, Fear, Melanoma, Neoplasms, Perception, Lung Neoplasms, Qualitative Research