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PLoS One 21(6): e0341790 .  \n[https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341790](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341790)  \n[Editor:](Editor: Ewa Tomaszewska)[ Ewa Tomaszewska](Editor: Ewa Tomaszewska), University of Life  \nSciences in Lublin, POLAND Received: November 19, 2025  \nAccepted: May 29, 2026  \nPublished: June 12, 2026  \nCopyright: © 2026 Shan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.  \nData availability statement: The qualitative data generated and analyzed during the current study are not publicly available to protect patient privacy and ensure compliance with the ethical protocol approved by the Ethics Committee of The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University. Public deposition of full  \nRESEARCH ARTICLE  \nDischarge health education needs and experiences of patients with skeletal-related events from bone metastases: A qualitative study  \nJing Shan1*, Shuangyan Wang1, Fan Ding1, Junli Liang2, Jianxin Wang3, Donglai Wang1  \n1 Department of Orthopedics, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China, 2 Department of Nursing, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China, 3 Department of Breast Surgery, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China  \n* [sysj01@hebmu.edu.cn](sysj01@hebmu.edu.cn)  \nAbstract  \nObjective  \nTo describe the health education needs and experiences of patients with skeletalrelated events due to bone metastasis from solid tumours upon discharge and to provide a reference for the formulation of discharge health education plans for this population.  \nMethods  \nA qualitative descriptive design and purposive sampling method were used to select patients with skeletal-related events due to bone metastasis from solid tumours who were hospitalized in the orthopaedic department of a Class III Grade A cancer hospital in Hebei Province from June to July 2024 for in-depth semistructured interviews. AColaizzi 7-step analysis method was used to refine the themes of the patients’ needs.  \nResults  \nThe needs of solid tumour bone metastasis patients with skeletal-related events for discharge health education provided by medical staff were refined into five themes:  \n1) bone health knowledge needs: patients were eager to obtain in-depth knowledge beyond the definition of the disease, such as the specific warning of pathological fracture and the early identification of bone metastasis progression; 2) bone health self-management needs: the focus was on specific operation guidance, includingthe home application of analgesic stepwise therapy and the protection skills for bone destruction sites; 3) coping with daily life needs: patients were concerned about how to safely go to the toilet, take a bath and other daily activities under the risk of disability; 4) coping with psychological pressure needs: manifested as the counselling needs for fear of disability and psychological support to combat the “burden  \nPLOS One | [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341790](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341790) June 12, 2026 1 / 15  \ninterview transcripts would risk participant re-identification. However, a de-identified minimal data set, including the coding framework, is available upon request for researchers who meet the criteria for access to confidential data. To ensure persistent and long-term data availability, the data have been officially archived at the Scientific Research Department of The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, where they will be preserved according to institutional data retention polici","cbCaieu3eOt3qrNw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieu3eOt3qrNw","pdf",469608,15,"English","# Abstract\n## Objective\n## Methods\n## Results\n## Conclusions\n# Introduction","[{\"question\":\"What was the objective of this study?\",\"answer\":\"To describe discharge health education needs and experiences of patients with skeletal-related events from bone metastases and to provide a reference for formulating discharge health education plans for this population.\"},{\"question\":\"How were the data collected and analyzed?\",\"answer\":\"A qualitative descriptive design with purposive sampling was used, with in-depth semistructured interviews. Themes were refined using a Colaizzi seven-step analysis method.\"},{\"question\":\"What discharge health education needs and experience themes were identified?\",\"answer\":\"Five needs were refined, including bone health knowledge, self-management, daily life coping, psychological support, and family/social support. Experience themes included barriers to understanding medical terms, passive acceptance, and low satisfaction due to information overload.\"}]","Discharge health education needs and experiences of patients with skeletal-related events from bone metastases: A qualitative study | PDF",1790121339,38]