Analysis identifies nurse-led interventions aiding women with breast cancer during palliative chemotherapy, suggesting needs across multiple countries.
Women receiving palliative chemotherapy for breast cancer have various support needs. To identify and describe the nurse-led interventions implemented to support women receiving palliative chemotherapy for breast cancer. The five-stage framework by Arksey and O'Malley guided the review. The following databases were searched: PubMed, CINAHL complete, ProQuest and SCOPUS for articles published from 2012 to 2021. Retrieved data were analysed using descriptive statistics and thematic analyses. A total of 110 articles were identified but only six were included. Nurse-led interventions were reported from five countries and they were: Japan, USA, Australia, China, South Korea and Australia. Interventions to support women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer were reported from five countries, with none from Africa. A study on the interventions to support women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer in Africa is recommended.
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