scholarly journals Cancer Patient’s Contribution to Reduce Chemotherapy Related Burden of Travel: What Would Chemotherapy Patients Agree to Do?

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-15
Author(s):  
P. Groux ◽  
S. Anchisi ◽  
T. Szucs
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Treatment ◽  
Travel Time ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Family Doctor ◽  
Alternative Solution ◽  
Drug Intake ◽  
The Family ◽  
Chemotherapy Patients ◽  
Alternative Solutions ◽  
At Home

Objective: Many patients describe travel to cancer treatment as inconvenient and a practical hardship and it may be perceived or experienced as a barrier to treatment. We investigated whether all patients who came for chemotherapy would theoretically accept an alternative solution to reduce the number of journeys. The aim was to characterize and quantify the acceptance of these alternatives and to identify groups of patients who could be interested in alternative solutions. Method: All patients coming in February 2012 for chemotherapy to one of the four centres of the hospital or to the unique private practice were asked to answer a survey. Eight options to reduce the number of travels were proposed to patients undergoing chemotherapy with five possible answers “Yes”, “rather yes”, “rather no”, “No” and “I don’t know”. Impact of travel time, gender, age and the number of persons living in the same household on the results was analysed. Results: 130 patients (62%) answered all requested questions. Acceptance of offered options varies from not acceptable at all to acceptable for a small majority of patients. Distance to travel impacts the answers for some options. Conclusion: Some alternatives were acceptable for some groups of patients. Particularly the transfer of the drug intake to the practice of the family doctor or preferably at home of the patient enjoyed some acceptance. These options should be investigated in further studies.

scholarly journals Impact of Treatments on the Family of Breast, Prostate, Colon and Lung Cancer Patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Philippe Groux ◽  
Sandro Anchisi ◽  
Thomas Szucs
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Cancer Treatment ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Cancer Type ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Cancer Treatments ◽  
Lung Cancer Patients ◽  
The Family

Objective: Many patients describe travel to cancer treatment as inconvenient and a practical hardship and it may be perceived or experienced as a barrier to treatment. We investigated which impact cancer treatments has on the family of the patients, especially for the most frequent cancer type prostate, breast, colon and lung cancer.The aim was to identify groups of patients with an increased burden for the family.Method: All patients coming in February 2012 for chemotherapy to one of the four centres of the hospital or to the unique private practice were asked to answer a survey. The questionnaire covered items as gender, date of birth, living place, kind of cancer, kind of treatment and questions covering different aspects of the travel: how the patient travelled to the centre, how long the travel lasted, which kind of support was necessary to travel and who provided this support, whether the accompanying person had to absent herself from her workplace, whether the patient lives alone or not and how many journeys to health care providers the patients had in the last month were included in the analysisResults: 298 patients answered to all required questions (73%). 186 came accompanied, a vast majority by a member of the family and one out of four of the accompanying person had to leave the workplace. Help at home is almost exclusively provided by family members. Patients have several journeys to health care providers per month.Conclusions: The type of cancer has an impact on the support needed and must added to the previously published factors as age, gender and distance. The journey to the cancer treatment is not the unique journey to health care providers the patients have and increase the burden for the patient and the family.

scholarly journals SJSN HEALTH REVIEW WITH FAMILY DOCTOR SERVICES

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-36
Author(s):  
Raharjo Widi
Keyword(s):  
Family Physician ◽  
Family Doctor ◽  
Physician Service ◽  
Practice Physician ◽  
Assurance System ◽  
Primary Physician ◽  
The Family ◽  
Care Family ◽  
Alternative Solutions ◽  
Health Review

National Social Assurance System (NSAS) has been valid from January 1, 2014 , with PT.ASKES as the Health Social Assurance Agency. The Preparation to welcome the validity of the National Social Assurance System (NSAS) has been doing. Until now the regulation of laws has not come yet to the procedures and technical guidelines. The health services on NSAS primary physician that is comprehensive became a choice by applying the pattern of health care family physician. Based on the regulation of laws, reference books, seminar materials and especially experience as a general practice physician who served patients with pre-paid system for almost 15 years, providing input like problems that can arise and the alternative solutions in order to support NSAS work better, maintained the quality and continuity, seeking the least possible service problems especially on the family physician service  

Assessment of the older patient with chronic kidney disease and polypharmacy − the perspective of the family doctor

Medic ro ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (125) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Liliana-Ana Tuţă ◽  
Laura Condur ◽  
Alina Mihaela Stăniguţ ◽  
Camelia Pană
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Family Doctor ◽  
Older Patient ◽  
The Family

scholarly journals Nursing consultation practice for psychosocial problems on heart failure patiens in hospital-based outpatient clinic

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
ERWIN Erwin ◽  
ELLY Nurachmah ◽  
TUTI Herawati
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Support System ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Outpatient Clinic ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
The Family ◽  
Hospital Outpatients ◽  
At Home

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background The client"s condition for heart failure requires environmental support to be able to be confident and able to carry out activities according to the directions given while the patient is undergoing treatment in the hospital, but sometimes in the client"s time period at home there will be situations where patients may experience complaints or changes in conditions that can affect his cardiovascular status. Purpose this study is conducted to identify psychological and social problems and needs of heart failure clients with a qualitative approach of observation, invite individuals or families to participate, motivate individuals to develop the potential to maintain optimal health. In addition, this study was conducted to assess the need and effectiveness of the practice of consulting for heart failure nursing in hospital outpatients Method qualitative observation approach in nursing consulting practice using steps of the nursing process consisting of an assessment of physical, psychological and social conditions and client needs, formulating problems, making plans and taking care of actions in accordance with the problems that exist by nurses in the outpatient clinic at home sick. Results Clients who came to the outpatient clinic had various  psychological and social problems. From the observations and interviews it was found that psychological and social problems were the most common causes. Psychosocial problems arise due to the client himself, life companion (husband or wife) and family members who live together. So that the family system to support clients with heart failure is not awakened. Health education and promotion to clients, life companions, and family members of heart failure clients who live at home are needed when the client controls health to maintain the client"s health support system while at home. All clients and families in this study stated that the practice of nursing consultations in hospital outpatients is very helpful for clients and families to improve the situation they face. Conclusion the practice of nursing consultations can identify the problems and needs of clients and families. Strengthening the client support system for heart failure at home is needed so that psychological and social problems can be reduced when the client is in the family environment. Nursing consultation practices at outpatient hospitals are needed to help motivate clients and families in maintaining and increasing care and support for clients who suffer from heart failure while at home. Psychosocial problems The client felt anxious, lack of attention, complained sleeping difficulty, often forgot taking medicine, and forgot managing fluid intakeThe client,while at home, was fastidious and wanted to many, was difficult to be told or managed, was always suspicious with their spouse"s activity easily got angry or temperamental, the client"s child felt annoyed because the client acted annoying, the client"s spouse felt annoyed because the client was impatient and temperamentalPsychological, and social problems in heart failure patients

scholarly journals Exploring the Role of Family and School as Spaces for 1.5 Generation South Korean’s Adjustment and Identity Negotiation in New Zealand: A Qualitative Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 4408
Author(s):  
Su Yeon Roh ◽  
Ik Young Chang
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Identity Negotiation ◽  
Identity Status ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
The South ◽  
1.5 Generation ◽  
South Korean ◽  
The Family ◽  
Home And School ◽  
At Home

To date, the majority of research on migrant identity negotiation and adjustment has primarily focused on adults. However, identity- and adjustment-related issues linked with global migration are not only related to those who have recently arrived, but are also relevant for their subsequent descendants. Consequently, there is increasing recognition by that as a particular group, the “1.5 generation” who were born in their home country but came to new countries in early childhood and were educated there. This research, therefore, investigates 1.5 generation South Koreans’ adjustment and identity status in New Zealand. More specifically, this study explores two vital social spaces—family and school—which play a pivotal role in modulating 1.5 generation’s identity and adjustment in New Zealand. Drawing upon in-depth interviewing with twenty-five 1.5 generation Korean-New Zealanders, this paper reveals that there are two different experiences at home and school; (1) the family is argued to serve as a key space where the South Korean 1.5 generation confirms and retains their ethnic identity through experiences and embodiments of South Korean traditional values, but (2) school is almost the only space where the South Korean 1.5 generation in New Zealand can acquire the cultural tools of mainstream society through interaction with English speaking local peers and adults. Within this space, the South Korean 1.5 generation experiences the transformation of an ethnic sense of identity which is strongly constructed at home via the family. Overall, the paper discusses that 1.5 generation South Koreans experience a complex and contradictory process in negotiating their identity and adjusting into New Zealand through different involvement at home and school.

The Family Doctor and Health Education

1958 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 199-206
Author(s):  
Guy Daynes
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Family Doctor ◽  
The Family
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