Willingness to report treatment-related symptoms of immunotherapy among patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Purpose: Immunotherapy is an evolving therapeutic approach for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study explored factors involved in patients' perceptions about reporting or not reporting treatment-related symptoms experienced while undergoing immunotherapy.

Methods: Patients receiving immunotherapy for NSCLC were recruited in the USA and Europe.

Development of a Conceptual Model of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia to Better Understand the Patient Experience.

Background And Objective: Understanding the patient experience is important for identifying the unmet need in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The current study aimed to develop a comprehensive chronic lymphocytic leukemia conceptual model.

Methods: The conceptual model was based on literature searches, review of chronic lymphocytic leukemia patient blogs/forums, and interviews with five expert clinicians, with 20 patients who received at most one treatment (first line) for their chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and with 20 patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Defining patient centricity with patients for patients and caregivers: a collaborative endeavour.

Background: Patient engagement is an essential aspect in the research/development of biopharmaceutical products and disease management. Improving the lives of patients requires a deep understanding of their medical conditions, experiences, needs and priorities. However, a consistent definition of patient centricity is lacking.

Humor therapy: relieving chronic pain and enhancing happiness for older adults.

The present study examined the effectiveness of a humor therapy program in relieving chronic pain, enhancing happiness and life satisfaction, and reducing loneliness among older persons with chronic pain. It was a quasiexperimental pretest-posttest controlled design. Older persons in a nursing home were invited to join an 8-week humor therapy program (experimental group), while those in another nursing home were treated as a control group and were not offered the program.