Nurse-Led Supportive Care Intervention for Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer: Healthcare Professionals' Perspectives

Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
Oncology nursing forum, 2020, 47 (1), pp. 33 - 43
Issue Date:
2020-01-01
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PURPOSE: To identify barriers and corresponding solutions for implementing a telephone-based, nurse-led supportive care intervention for men with advanced prostate cancer. PARTICIPANTS & SETTING: 21 healthcare professionals with an average 15.81 years of experience in diverse prostate cancer care settings. METHODOLOGIC APPROACH: Data from semistructured interviews were coded into the Theoretical Domains Framework and mapped to behavior change techniques (BCTs) to inform the development of an implementation schema. FINDINGS: Barriers included lack of knowledge about the effectiveness of survivorship interventions and how to deliver them, low referral rates to psychosocial oncology care, low help-seeking behavior among men with advanced prostate cancer, lack of care coordination skills, and inadequate service capacity. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: Interprofessional support exists for a nurse-led supportive care intervention. Causes of low engagement with supportive care among men with advanced prostate cancer extend beyond gendered patterns of response.
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