Palliative care recovery outcomes: nature of recovery outcomes among cancer patients in Nairobi and Nyeri counties, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorWang’ombe, Joyce Muthoni
dc.contributor.authorKathungu, Beatrice
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-22T08:04:13Z
dc.date.available2022-02-22T08:04:13Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionResearch paper in Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing Vol.6, Issue 2, No. 1, pp 1-12, 2021en_US
dc.description.abstractPurpose: This study sought to find out nature of recovery outcomes among cancer patients attending palliative care in Nairobi and Nyeri County Methodology: The study adopted a correlation research design. The target population was the cancer patients, attending treatment at the three palliative care units in Nairobi and Nyeri Counties. Systematic random sampling technique was used in the study to obtain a sample of 96 participants. Semi structured questionnaires were used to collect data. Data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics, namely Pearson Moment Correlation Coefficient(r). Findings: Result showed that, majority of the respondents (65.5%) had a low level of recovery outcomes, while 32.1% had a high level of recovery outcomes. results indicate that the lowest score on recovery outcomes was 31, while the highest score was 74. The mean score was 47.0+9.465, which indicates that the recovery outcomes fell in the low range. These findings were not unusual considering that most of the patients were newly diagnosed with cancer and for some respondent’s metastasis had set in. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommends that the counsellor in collaboration with the administrators and medical staff in the palliative care units should create awareness and encourage the attending patients to source for a health insurance cover e.g. National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) to cater for the cancer disease both outpatient and incase of hospitalization. This will ease the financial burden of cancer on the patient, family and community which was identified as a challengeen_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Health, Medicine and Nursing ISSN 2520-4025 (Online) Vol.6, Issue 2, No. 1, pp 1-12, 2021en_US
dc.identifier.issn2520-4025
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/23166
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Peer Reviewed Journals and Books (IPRJB)en_US
dc.subjectPainen_US
dc.subjectWeighten_US
dc.subjectQuality of liveen_US
dc.subjectQuality of sleepen_US
dc.subjectRecovery outcomesen_US
dc.subjectAdversity Quotienten_US
dc.subjectpalliative careen_US
dc.subjectNyeri County Referral Hospital (CRH)en_US
dc.subjectNairobi Hospiceen_US
dc.subjectNyeri Hospiceen_US
dc.titlePalliative care recovery outcomes: nature of recovery outcomes among cancer patients in Nairobi and Nyeri counties, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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