Development of a nurse-led decision counseling program for improving hepatocellular carcinoma screening: A typology-guided feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is frequently diagnosed late. Although ultrasound-based HCC screening is recommended, its effectiveness is restricted by underutilization. This study aimed to develop a nurse-led decision counseling program used to improve HCC screening in patients with hepatitis B and to evaluate its feasibility in terms of process, resources, management, and cultural acceptance.

Methods

The nurse-led decision counseling program was developed following the Medical Research Council framework and the preventive health model. Its components were informed by a systematic review and a qualitative study that had explored empirical HCC screening barriers. Guided by typology of Tickle-Degnen, a feasibility study was conducted among twenty eligible patients w

SUBMITTER: Li C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10250922 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature