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PURPOSE: In this study, it was aimed to compare the administration of chemotherapy drugs via venous port catheter and peripheral vein in metastatic colon cancer patients in terms of quality of life and treatment costs. METHODS: The research was carried out in a university hospital in Turkey. The population of the study consists of 130 patients with metastatic colon cancer who were treated with chemotherapy. The sample of the study consists of 103 participants. During the data collection phase of the study, three data collection tools were used: demographic information form, EOTC QLQ-30 quality of life scale and invoices for treatments. Data were analyzed using Microsoft Office Excel and IBM SPSS 20 package programs. RESULTS: In the study, 71.8% of the participants received chemotherapy with a venous port catheter, 65% for more than 3 months, 56.3% in the day unit. As a result of the study, it was found that there were no significant differences in the quality of life (except social function) according to the chemotherapy method. In addition, when the research results are examined in terms of cost, statistically significant differences were found in the treatment cost (except total costs excluding drugs) according to the chemotherapy application method. CONCLUSION: In line with these results, it is thought that when choosing the chemotherapy application method, factors such as the treatment duration of the patients, the ease of opening the vascular access, and the patient's psychological state should be taken into consideration.
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Colonic Neoplasms , Quality of Life , Humans , Quality of Life/psychology , Health Care Costs , TurkeyABSTRACT
PURPOSE: Needle procedures are one of the most distressing practices for pediatric oncology patients. Virtual reality (VR) is a distraction method which offers an extremely realistic and interactive virtual environment and helps reduce needle-related pain and distress. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of VR method on pain during venous port access in pediatric oncology patients aged 7 to 18 years. METHOD: Children who had cancer and were between the ages of 7 and 18 years and undergoing a port-a-cath access were randomly assigned through blocked randomization to either the VR intervention group or control group. A commercially available VR headset was fitted to children in the intervention group. Immediately after the port access, pain scores were obtained from children's self-reports and parents' proxy reports, using the Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale. RESULTS: Descriptive characteristics of the children (n = 71) showed a homogeneous distribution between groups. During the procedure, children in the control group (n = 36; 5.03 ± 3.35) experienced more pain than the children in VR group (n = 35; 2.34 ± 2.76; p < .001). Proxy reports of the parents in the experimental group (1.77 ± 2.46) were found to be lower than those in the control group (4.67 ± 2.56; p < .001). CONCLUSIONS/IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: VR method is effective for reducing pain during venous port access in pediatric oncology patients. VR should be used as a distraction method during venous port access.
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Neoplasms , Virtual Reality , Adolescent , Child , Humans , Neoplasms/complications , Pain/etiology , Pain Management , Pain MeasurementABSTRACT
Objective To systematically evaluate the application efficacies of the peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) and venous port access (VPA) during chemotherapy in the patients with malignant tumor.Methods The research data published in CNKI,WanFang Database and Pubmed Database were collected from October 2008 to December 2016.The related researches were screened according to the inclusion criteria.Then the meta analysis was performed by using the Revman Manager 5.3 software.Results Finally 63 articles were included for conducting the meta analysis,involving 11 296 patients.The one-time catheter placing success rate of VPA and PICC was investigated by 30 included articles,and the merged effect showed that the difference had no statistical significance (OR =0.96,95 ％ CI:0.75-1.23,P＞0.05).The analysis results of 16 articles showed that the proportion of the catheter indwelling time ≥ 1 year in the patients adopting VAP was higher than that in the patients adopting PICC (OR =27.17,95 ％ CI:18.08-40.83,P＜0.05).The incidence rate of complications in the patients adopting VPA was lower than that in the patients adopting PICC (OR =0.19,95 ％ CI:0.16-0.22,P＜0.01).The living quality of VPA and PICC was investigated by 11 included articles,which showed that the living quality in the VAP group was significantly higher than that in the PICC group (OR=8.53,95％CI:5.88-12.38,P＜0.05).Conclnsion The indwelling time of VPA during chemotherapy in the patients with malignant tumor is longer,the incidence rate of complications is lower and the patient's living quality is higher.
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Objective To analyze the difference of the venous port access (VPA) and peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) in cancer chemotherapy.Methods All eligible studies on VPA and PICC were searched in the databases of PubMed,China National Knowledge Internet (CNKI),Chinese Biomedical Database (CBM),WANFANG Database and VIP Database.Literatures screening,quality evaluation and data extraction were conducted according to Cochrane Handbook;Meta-analysis was calculated by using RevMan 5.2.Results Twenty-nine studies with a total of 4 449 cases of patients were included in this Meta-analysis,with 1 912 cases in experimental group which adopted VPA and 2 537 cases in controlled group which adopted PICC.Experimental group had advantages in the average catheter retention time (SMD=3.36,95％CI 2.51-4.21) and quality of life (RR=1.61,95％CI 1.15-2.24) compared with controlled group.The overall complication rate (RR=0.26,95％CI 0.20-0.34,P＜0.01),phlebitis incidence (RR=0.08,95％CI 0.04-0.16,P＜0.01),catheter infection incidence (RR=0.32,95％CI 0.23-0.44,P＜0.01),catheter obstruction incidence (RR=0.32,95％CI 0.22-0.48,P＜0.01),catheter dystopy incidence (RR=0.18,95％CI 0.09-0.37,P＜0.01) in experimental group were remarkably lower than that in controlled group.However,no significant difference was found between the two groups in the incidence of the puncture success rate for the first time,errhysis or hematoncus,thrombus and catheter leakage (P ＞0.05).Conclusions Compared with PICC,VPA had advantages in a long retention time,fewer complications and few influence on quality of life.Therefore,VPA should be widely used in cancer chemotherapy.
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Objective To compare the effects of venous port access ( VPA ) with peripherally inserted central catheters ( PICC) in patients with breast cancer .Methods 120 cases with breast cancer were divided into 2 groups from Jan.2009 to Dec.2010,among whom 60 cases were with VPA when receiving operation , and the other 60 cases were with PICC after the operation .The success rate of catheterization , duration of catheter in-dwelling and catheter-related complications of the 2 groups were compared .Results The one-time success rate of catheterization was 100%in VPA group and 66.7%in PICC group .The catheters were retained for more than 12 months in 59 cases in VPA group,while only 4 cases in PICC group retained catheter for more than 12 months. The complications occurred to 1 case in VPA group ( 1.7%) and 9 cases in PICC group ( 15%) .Conclusion VPA is an ideal pathway for chemotherapy of patients with breast cancer , which can reduce nursing work and is worth to be promoted in clinical practice .
