ArticleCancer2012
Early referral to supportive care specialists for symptom burden in lung cancer patients: a comparison of non-Hispanic whites, Hispanics, and non-Hispanic blacks.
Article in Cancer, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07787806 (A Randomized Controlled, Type 1 Hybrid Effectiveness-implementation Trial Study to Compare the Effectiveness of a Patient-Reported Outcomes), which is not on this map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Randomized Controlled, Type 1 Hybrid Effectiveness-implementation Trial Study to Compare the Effectiveness of a Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO)-Driven Culturally Grounded Supportive Care Navigation in Reducing Healthcare Disparities Among Hispanic/Latinx Patients Receiving Anticancer Therapies
Who cites it
42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Are Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Distal Radius Fractures Validated for Spanish and Culture? A Systematic Review.The Journal of hand surgery · 2023Pooled it
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- Pain Perception in Latino vs. Caucasian and Male vs. Female Patients: Is There Really a Difference?The western journal of emergency medicine · 2017Trial
- Physicians' Stigma Towards Ethnicity of Patients with Cancer and Its Effects on the Health Outcomes: The Moderating Effect of Ethnic Dissimilar Medical Encounters.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- The Effect of Race and Area Deprivation on Symptom Profiles Over the Course of Early-Stage Breast Cancer.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2025Article
- Using content validity index methodology for cross-cultural translation of a patient-reported outcome measure for head and neck cancer.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
- Line manager training and organizational approaches to supporting well-being.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- Naming racism as a root cause of inequities in palliative care research: a scoping review.BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- A Preliminary Validation of an Optimal Cutpoint in Total Number of Patient-Reported Symptoms in Head and Neck Cancer for Effective Alignment of Clinical Resources with Patients' Symptom Burden.Cancer care research online · 2024Article
- Hispanic/Latinx and Spanish Language Concordance Among Palliative Care Clinicians and Patients in Hospital Settings in California.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2024Article
- The Effect of Race and Area Deprivation on Symptom Profiles over the Course of Early-Stage Breast Cancer.Research square · 2023Article
- A Scoping Review on the Relationship between Race/Ethnicity and the Receipt of Supportive Care Medications during Cancer Treatment: Implications for the Clinical Pharmacist.Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy : JACCP · 2022Article
- Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics Associated With Worst Pain Intensity Among Cancer Patients.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2022Article
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- Disparities in Supportive Care Needs Over Time Between Racial and Ethnic Minority and Non-Minority Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2022Article
- Patient-reported symptom burden in routine oncology care: Examining racial and ethnic disparities.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2022Article
- The Role of Experiential Avoidance in Terms of Fatigue and Pain During COVID-19 Among Latinx Adults.Cognitive therapy and research · 2022Article
- Racial differences in user experiences and perceived value of electronic symptom monitoring in a cohort of black and white bladder and prostate cancer patients.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Symptom Burden and Palliative Care Needs of Patients with Incurable Cancer at Diagnosis and During the Disease Course.The oncologist · 2021Article
- Overcoming Disparities in Cancer: A Need for Meaningful Reform for Hispanic and Latino Cancer Survivors.The oncologist · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundEffective management of symptoms in cancer patients requires early intervention. This study assessed whether the timing of referral to the Supportive Care Center (SCC) and symptom burden outcome varied by race or ethnicity in lung cancer patients who had been seen at a tertiary cancer center.
methodsNon-Hispanic white (n = 752), Hispanic (n = 111), and non-Hispanic black (n = 117) patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer comprised this sample. Data on sociodemographic factors, stage of disease, comorbid conditions, and symptom severity (pain, depressed mood, fatigue) served as potential predictor variables.
resultsWhereas the mean time (15 months; median = 7 months) from initial presentation at the cancer center to referral to the SCC did not vary by race or ethnicity, we found that Hispanics and non-Hispanic blacks had higher symptom burden when they first presented at the cancer center than non-Hispanic whites. Severe pain, depressed mood, and fatigue were significant predictors for early referral (<7 months) of non-Hispanic whites, but only severe fatigue (P <.05) was predictive of early referral for Hispanics and non-Hispanic blacks. Furthermore, while the proportion of non-Hispanic white patients reporting severe pain, depressed mood, and fatigue significantly decreased (P <.001) at first follow-up visit after referral to the SCC; among Hispanics, improvement was only observed for depressed mood. No improvement in any of these symptoms was observed for non-Hispanic blacks.
conclusionsWhereas the timing of referral to supportive services did not vary by race, disparities in symptom burden outcomes persisted. Additional studies are needed to validate our findings.
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