eHealth interventions to support colorectal cancer patients' self-management after discharge from surgery-an integrative literature review.

Introduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) creates elevated self-management demands and unmet support needs post-discharge. Follow-up care through eHealth post-primary surgery may be an effective means of supporting patients' needs. This integrative review describes the evidence regarding eHealth interventions post-hospital discharge focusing on delivery mode, user-interface and content, patient intervention adherence, impact on patient-reported outcomes and experiences of eHealth.

Assessing a nurse-assisted eHealth intervention posthospital discharge in adult patients with non-communicable diseases: a protocol for a feasibility study.

Introduction: A growing number of patients with non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as heart failure (HF) and colorectal cancer (CRC), are prone to comorbidity, a high rate of readmissions and complex healthcare needs. An eHealth intervention, however, could potentially ameliorate the increasing burdens associated with NCDs by helping to smoothen patient transition from hospital to home and by reducing the number of readmissions. This feasibility study therefore aims to assess the feasibility of a nurse-assisted eHealth intervention posthospital discharge among patients with HF and CRC, while also examining the preliminary clinical and behavioural outcomes of the intervention before initiating a full-scale randomised controlled trial.

Burden of treatment in patients with chronic heart failure - A cross-sectional study.

Background: Patients with heart failure (HF) must manage both a demanding treatment regimen and self-care, which may lead to a burden of treatment. The purpose of this study was to assess the levels of burdens from treatment and self-care and its associations with psychological distress and health-related quality of life.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study we collected self-report data from 125 patients diagnosed with HF, New York Heart Association classification II and III, who received care in a nurse-led HF outpatient clinic.

A qualitative study of living with the burden from heart failure treatment: Exploring the patient capacity for self-care.

Aim: To explore how patients with heart failure perceive their capacity to manage treatment and self-care.

Design: A qualitative descriptive study.

Methods: Patients ( = 17) were recruited from a nurse-led heart failure outpatient clinic from May-August 2017.

Patients' experience with heart failure treatment and self-care-A qualitative study exploring the burden of treatment.

Aims And Objectives: To explore chronic heart failure patients' perceptions of the burden related to treatment and self-care.

Background: Living with chronic heart failure entails following a demanding treatment regimen, with daily self-care, which could make patients vulnerable to experiencing treatment burden. Burden of treatment is defined as the "work" the healthcare system passes on to the patients with respect to self-care at home, and the impact this has on well-being and quality of life.

The patient experience with treatment and self-management (PETS) questionnaire: translation and cultural adaption of the Norwegian version.

Background: Noncommunicable diseases represents long term medical conditions, which often puts the patients under enormous demands when following treatment, exposing them to experiencing treatment burden. The Patient Experience with Treatment and Self-Management (PETS) questionnaire was developed as a patient-reported measure to identify treatment burden of chronic illness, using modern measurement theory and tested in a variety of settings. Developed in English, this set of measures had not been previously translated into Norwegian.