• Moon Joo Cheong, Won-Bae Ha, Han-Baek Cho, Un-Jong Choi, Hyeon-Jun Woo, Yun-Hee Han, and Hyung Won Kang.
• Rare Diseases Integrative Treatment Research Institute, Wonkwang University Jangheung Integrative Medical Hospital, Anyang-myeon, Jangheung-gun, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Dec 16; 101 (50): e32244e32244.

BackgroundPatients with chronic diseases require ongoing treatment, and caregivers face financial burdens as well as psychological and physical difficulties. However, the current healthcare system does not provide adequate systems or services to address the difficulties that patients and caregivers face.PurposeThe purpose of this study was to conduct an observational case study in order to evaluate and improve the application of an integrative healthcare service model developed for distress management and improved quality of life in breast cancer (BC) patients and caregivers.MethodThe integrative healthcare service model was intensively applied to a patient-caregiver pair in this observational study. This was followed by gathering feedback from participants and experts, as well as reflecting on the content of the feedback in order to improve the model further.ResultsThis study will then modify and improve the program with feedback and provide integrative medical services to a BC patient and caregiver.ConclusionThis study used the BC patients' pain management and quality of life enhancement model, aiming to provide basic data for the establishment of a healthcare service system for patients suffering from chronic pain due to diseases such as BC by systematically integrating previously applied interventions into the current healthcare system and soliciting feedback from patients and caregivers.Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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