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Sulleh Gbande1, Johanna Elizabeth Maree2, Oluchukwu Loveth Obiora3
1PhD Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Lecturer, University of Health and Allied Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ghana.
Background:
Women receiving palliative chemotherapy for breast cancer have various support needs.
Aims:
To identify and describe the nurse-led interventions implemented to support women receiving palliative chemotherapy for breast cancer.
Methods:
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.
Findings:
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.
Conclusion:
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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