Asian Oncol Nurs.  2021 Jun;21(2):110-119. 10.5388/aon.2021.21.2.110.

A Qualitative Study on Discharge Planning Needs for Cancer Patients

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Nursing, kyungbok University, Namyangju, Korea
  • 2Center for Breast Cancer, National Cancer Center, Ilsan, Korea
  • 3Division of Cancer Control and Policy, National Cancer Center, Ilsan, Korea

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify the unmet needs experienced by patients discharged after cancer surgery in order to develop a systematic discharge plan.
Methods
In-depth interviews were conducted on 20 patients within one year after major cancer surgery in Korea. Data were collected from August 19 to September 26, 2019, and the interview data were analyzed by Qualitative Content Analysis using the MAXQDA 2018 software to derive categories and subcategories of the study.
Results
The needs for discharge planning for cancer patients consisted of four categories (physical needs, informational needs, mental health needs, social needs) and seven subcategories.
Conclusion
To meet the unmet needs of cancer patients for discharge planning, proper support and services at a hospital, and at a community and national level should be in place. The categories and subcategories formulated through this study can be used as basic data for the development of a standard evaluation form and interventions when planning cancer patient discharge.

Keyword

Neoplasms; Patient Discharge; Unmet needs; Qualitative research
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