The Role of Mobile Health Applications in Treating Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia - A literature review of parental management
Panjwani, Megha (2024)
2024
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the type of cancer that disrupts the normal function of hematopoietic system, which produces cellular component in blood and bone marrow. The role of mobile health applications in treating childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia empowers the parental management by providing digital tools for providing better care to their children. Nurses are responsible for educating parents on managing the treatment including symptoms tracking, managing side effects and monitoring the situation outside the hospital setting. Nurses play an essential role in care and treatment of pediatric cancer patients. The purpose of this bachelor’s thesis is to describe the parental management in treating childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia through mobile health applications in pediatric nursing. This thesis aims to improves knowledge about parental management of acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment through mobile health applications in pediatric nursing.
This thesis employs a descriptive literature review methodology. Selected articles were obtained from reliable databases CINHAL and Medline in addition to manual search. The manual search included articles from Google Scholar and relevant references from other articles. Three articles were sourced from CINHAL, two articles from Medline and two articles from manual search. A Prisma diagram was utilized for collecting and selecting articles, and inductive content analysis was employed to analyze the results and answer the research question.
The results of this thesis indicate a positive impact on parental management in treating childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia through utilization of mobile health applications during the treatment. mHealth solutions were found to be effective in facilitating communication and management with healthcare professional teams while treating childhood acute lymphoblastic
leukemia. Parents reported that mHealth applications served as supportive tool, providing ongoing information conveniently. Parents expressed satisfaction with mHealth solutions, noting that these tools provided supportive and higher-quality care during treatment. The types of mobile health applications identified in the selected studies included Care assistant app, Chemo assist of children app, Smartphone app, WeChat, WhatsApp and another Care assistant app.
This thesis employs a descriptive literature review methodology. Selected articles were obtained from reliable databases CINHAL and Medline in addition to manual search. The manual search included articles from Google Scholar and relevant references from other articles. Three articles were sourced from CINHAL, two articles from Medline and two articles from manual search. A Prisma diagram was utilized for collecting and selecting articles, and inductive content analysis was employed to analyze the results and answer the research question.
The results of this thesis indicate a positive impact on parental management in treating childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia through utilization of mobile health applications during the treatment. mHealth solutions were found to be effective in facilitating communication and management with healthcare professional teams while treating childhood acute lymphoblastic
leukemia. Parents reported that mHealth applications served as supportive tool, providing ongoing information conveniently. Parents expressed satisfaction with mHealth solutions, noting that these tools provided supportive and higher-quality care during treatment. The types of mobile health applications identified in the selected studies included Care assistant app, Chemo assist of children app, Smartphone app, WeChat, WhatsApp and another Care assistant app.