TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Nurse-Led Support Via WeChat, a Smartphone Application, for Breast Cancer Patients after Surgery
T2 - A Quasi-Experimental Study
AU - Wu, Qian
AU - Kue, Jennifer
AU - Zhu, Xiaoping
AU - Yin, Xiaobing
AU - Jiang, Jinxia
AU - Chen, Jingjuan
AU - Yang, Limin
AU - Zeng, Li
AU - Sun, Xiao
AU - Liu, Xian -Liang
AU - Duan, Xia
AU - Shi, Yan
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the contributions of the study patients and data analysis assistance by Pro. Tao Zhou in Nanchang University. This study was supported by two projects of National Natural Science Foundations of China (Grant Nos. 71704135 and 71774117).
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright 2020, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2020.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/2
Y1 - 2020/2
N2 - Background: Women with breast cancer (BC) commonly experience physical and psychosocial symptoms after surgery. Web-and smartphone-based support can significantly improve women's symptoms and quality of life. Social care applications (apps) are widely used in China, but there are few studies on their effectiveness BC support. This study aimed to examine the effects of nurse-led support on the social care app WeChat® (Tencent Holdings Limited, Shenzhen, China) in BC patients after surgery. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted between June 2015 and August 2015. Sixty patients with BC (30 in the intervention group, 30 in the control group) were enrolled. Subjects in the intervention group participated in a WeChat-based support program (WSP) led by nurses, while subjects in the control group received a follow-up by telephone. Subjects in both groups were evaluated at the time of discharge and at 1, 3, and 6 months of follow-up. Physical well-being status, psychology status, and social support were evaluated. Results: There were no differences between intervention and control patients at baseline. Physical well-being (p < 0.001), anxiety (p < 0.001), depression (p < 0.001), and support from outside of family (p = 0.037) were significantly better in the intervention group than in the control group after 6 months. The intervention group showed that physical well-being (p = 0.036), anxiety (p < 0.001), and depression (p < 0.001) were significantly different from baseline to 6 months of follow-up. Conclusion: WSP assisted with nurse-led support and had physical, psychological, and social benefits for patients after surgery for BC.
AB - Background: Women with breast cancer (BC) commonly experience physical and psychosocial symptoms after surgery. Web-and smartphone-based support can significantly improve women's symptoms and quality of life. Social care applications (apps) are widely used in China, but there are few studies on their effectiveness BC support. This study aimed to examine the effects of nurse-led support on the social care app WeChat® (Tencent Holdings Limited, Shenzhen, China) in BC patients after surgery. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted between June 2015 and August 2015. Sixty patients with BC (30 in the intervention group, 30 in the control group) were enrolled. Subjects in the intervention group participated in a WeChat-based support program (WSP) led by nurses, while subjects in the control group received a follow-up by telephone. Subjects in both groups were evaluated at the time of discharge and at 1, 3, and 6 months of follow-up. Physical well-being status, psychology status, and social support were evaluated. Results: There were no differences between intervention and control patients at baseline. Physical well-being (p < 0.001), anxiety (p < 0.001), depression (p < 0.001), and support from outside of family (p = 0.037) were significantly better in the intervention group than in the control group after 6 months. The intervention group showed that physical well-being (p = 0.036), anxiety (p < 0.001), and depression (p < 0.001) were significantly different from baseline to 6 months of follow-up. Conclusion: WSP assisted with nurse-led support and had physical, psychological, and social benefits for patients after surgery for BC.
KW - breast neoplasms
KW - mobile phone application
KW - nursing
KW - oncology
KW - smartphone
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U2 - 10.1089/tmj.2018.0293
DO - 10.1089/tmj.2018.0293
M3 - Article
C2 - 31313973
AN - SCOPUS:85079202128
VL - 26
SP - 226
EP - 234
JO - Telemed J E Health
JF - Telemed J E Health
SN - 1078-3024
IS - 2
ER -