Home care for people with cancer in palliative care: integrative review
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Home nursing, Palliative care, NeoplasmsAbstract
The objective of this study was to analyze the scientific production about the care provided during home care to people with cancer in palliative care. This is an integrative literature review, which used the six recommended steps: selection of the guiding question; sample selection; categorization of studies; evaluation of included studies; interpretation of results; and synthesis of knowledge. The research question was: “what is the scientific evidence present in the literature about the care provided during home care to people with cancer in palliative care?”. The search was carried out in the data base: Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Public Medline, Scientific Electronic Library Online and in the Virtual Health Library, including: articles that portrayed the palliative care at home for cancer patients; published from January/2016 to January/2021; in Portuguese, English and Spanish; with abstracts available. Fourteen articles were included, predominantly qualitative studies, with evidence level 6 and in English. Four thematic categories were established: patient autonomy; nursing performance, creating bonds and preparing for death; impact of home care for patients and the health system; and teleconsultation. Crucial points of care provided during home care were identified, concluding how beneficial home care is, providing greater autonomy and connection between professionals and patients and their families, fewer hospitalizations and improved quality of care at the end of life. It is expected to provide subsidies for the expansion of knowledge and stimulus for the implementation and strengthening of this modality of approach at home care, enabling a more holistic and empathic care.
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