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GuidelineThe Journal of laryngology and otology2016

Psychological management for head and neck cancer patients: United Kingdom National Multidisciplinary Guidelines.

G Humphris

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Guideline in The Journal of laryngology and otology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Guideline
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. European white paper: oropharyngeal dysphagia in head and neck cancer.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2021
    Article
  6. Providing care to a family member affected by head and neck cancer: a phenomenological study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020
    Article
  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. Review
  10. Interventions to Reduce Psychosocial Burden in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Narrative Review.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

G HumphrisUniversity of St Andrews,Medical School,North Haugh,St Andrews,Fife,UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is the official guideline endorsed by the specialty associations involved in the care of head and neck cancer patients in the UK. It provides recommendations on the assessment and interventions for the psychological management in this patient group. Recommendations • Audit of information supplied to patients and carers should be conducted on an annual basis to update and review content and media presentation. (G) • Patients and carers should be invited to discuss treatment options and relate possible outcomes to functional retention or loss to provide a patient-centred approach. (G) • Clinical staff should inspect their systems of assessment to make them sensitive enough to identify patients with psychological difficulties. (G) • Flexibility, rather than rigid formulation is required to assess patients frequently, and to allow for change in circumstances to be noted. (G) • Multidisciplinary teams should determine the supportive care services available and commission extra assistance to provide patients and carers with timely information, education or brief supportive advice. (G) • Multidisciplinary teams need to inspect specialist services for mental health interventions at structured and complex levels for the small proportion of patients with more serious, but rarer, psychological difficulties. (G) • Clinical staff at all levels should receive communication skills training to raise and maintain consultation expertise with difficult patient and/or carer interactions. (G).

Indexed as

CommunicationHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansInterdisciplinary CommunicationPatient Care TeamPsychotherapySocial SupportStress, PsychologicalTerminal CareUnited Kingdom

Identifiers

PMID27841113
PMCPMC4873900

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