Transition from Hospital to Daily Life: A Pilot Study. Issue 1 (8th November 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Missel, Malene; Schønau, Mai Nanna; Pedersen, Jesper Holst; Pedersen, Preben Ulrich
• Is Part Of: Rehabilitation nursing. Volume 40:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 20
• Page End: 29
• Publication Date: 2014-11-08
• Subjects: Rehabilitation nursing -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Rehabilitation -- Periodicals; Soins infirmiers en réadaptation -- Périodiques; 610.73
• DOI: 10.1002/rnj.180
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0278-4807

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="rnj180-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="rnj180-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Purpose</title> <p>To assess the effect of nurse‐led systematic rehabilitation counseling performed before discharge to prevent concerns in the hospital‐to‐home gap in rehabilitation of lung cancer patients after surgery.</p> </sec> <sec id="rnj180-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Design and Method</title> <p>A quasi‐experimental intervention study. One hundred twenty patients with operable non‐small cell lung cancer admitted for surgery participated. Outcome was assessed by a validated self‐rating questionnaire. The intervention was performed at the Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark.</p> </sec> <sec id="rnj180-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>Following nurse‐led rehabilitation counseling, results showed that significantly more patients were offered physical rehabilitation, were aware of where to seek help after discharge, and experienced support to get back to daily life.</p> </sec> <sec id="rnj180-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusions</title> <p>A systematic rehabilitation counseling obliges some of the concerns lung cancer patients might have in the transition from hospital to daily life.</p> </sec> <sec id="rnj180-sec-0005" sec-type="section"> <title>Clinical Relevance</title> <p>Despite promising results, there is still a need to improve support for patients with lung cancer requiring rehabilitation.</p> </sec> </abstract>