Publications by authors named "Lai Ha Lee"
Purpose: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a nurse-led care program for breast cancer patients receiving outpatient-based chemotherapy.
Method: An open-label, single-center randomized controlled trial was conducted. Patients receiving the nurse-led care and those receiving the routine care were compared in terms of quality of life, as well as in health service utilizations and total cost of care.
Background: Healthcare providers are facing the challenge of helping cancer patients cope with the impact of outpatient-based chemotherapy. A nurse-led care program was proposed to address this challenge.
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of a nurse-led care program for patients receiving outpatient-based chemotherapy.
Background: The increasing number of cancer patients and inadequate communication in clinics are posing challenges to cancer patients receiving outpatient-based chemotherapy and healthcare providers. A nurse-led care program was proposed as one way of dealing with at least some of these challenges.
Objective: The objectives of the pilot study were to assess the feasibility of the subject recruitment, care, and data collection procedures and to explore the acceptability of this program.
Background: Existing bereavement literature focuses on the care provided in palliative care units or community settings. However, nurses in oncology units are in a unique position to provide bereavement care, which is care extended to the families after the death of cancer patients. This study aimed to explore the perceptions and experiences of bereavement care among nurses and bereaved family members in an oncology unit in Hong Kong.
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