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Feasibility Study: Home Telemonitoring for Patients With Lung Cancer in a Mountainous Rural Area

Trisha M. Petitte
Georgia L. Narsavage
Yea-Jyh Chen
Charles Coole
Tara Forth
Kevin D. Frick
ONF 2014, 41(2), 153-161 DOI: 10.1188/14.ONF.153-161
Purpose/Objectives: To explore the feasibility of rural home telemonitoring for patients with lung cancer. Design: Exploratory, descriptive, observational. Setting: Patient homes within a 75-mile radius of the study hospital in West Virginia. Sample: 10 patients hospitalized with lung cancer as a...
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Oncology Rehabilitation Outcomes Over Time: A Mixed-Methods Approach

Elizabeth J. Predeger
Maureen O'Malley
Thomas Hendrix
Nadine M. Parker
ONF 2014, 41(2), E56-E63 DOI: 10.1188/14.ONF.E56-E63
Purpose/Objectives: To evaluate an oncology rehabilitation program over time. Design: A cross-sectional, retrospective program evaluation using a mixed-methods approach. Setting: An outpatient oncology rehabilitation program housed in an urban, hospital-based comprehensive cancer center in Alaska...
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Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer: Disease-Specific Quality-of-Life Concerns and Distress

George Radiotis
Nicole Roberts
Zofia Czajkowska
Manish Khanna
Annett Körner
ONF 2014, 41(1), 57-65 DOI: 10.1188/14.ONF.57-65
Purpose/Objectives: To provide a better understanding of the disease-specific quality-of-life (QOL) concerns of patients with nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC). Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Skin cancer clinic of Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Sample: 56 patients with basal...
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Exploring the Response Shift Phenomenon in Childhood Patients With Cancer and Its Effect on Health-Related Quality of Life

Aeltsje Brinksma
Wim J. E. Tissing
Esther Sulkers
Willem A. Kamps
Petrie F. Roodbol
Robbert Sanderman
ONF 2014, 41(1), 48-56 DOI: 10.1188/14.ONF.41-01AP
Purpose/Objectives: To explore the response shift phenomenon in pediatric patients with cancer and to determine its effects on ratings of health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Design: Retrospective pre- and post-test design. Setting: Pediatric oncology department in the northern part of the...
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Survivorship After Prostate Cancer Treatment: Spouses' Quality of Life at 36 Months

Janet Harden
Martin G. Sanda
John Thomas Wei
Hossein N. Yarandi
Larry Hembroff
Jill Hardy
Laurel Northouse
ONF 2013, 40(6), 567-573 DOI: 10.1188/13.ONF.567-573
Purpose/Objectives: To determine the long-term effects of prostate cancer treatment on spouse quality of life (QOL) at 36 months following treatment. Design: Descriptive-exploratory; community-based study. Setting: Telephone interviews. Sample: 95 female spouses of men treated for early-stage...
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