Cancer Self-Care

Better self-care behaviours in cancer populations are associated with higher quality of life, improved survival, and lower healthcare use. Self-care includes maintenance, monitoring, and management dimensions. The review operationalised se…

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Better self-care behaviours in cancer populations are associated with higher quality of life, improved survival, and lower healthcare use. Self-care includes maintenance, monitoring, and management dimensions. The review operationalised self-care using the middle-range theory of self-care of chronic illness. Cancer patients increasingly need to manage persistent treatment-related symptoms at home because oncology care is largely outpatient.