ArticleEcancermedicalscience2020
Can post-treatment oral cancer patients' concerns reflect their cancer characteristics, HRQoL, psychological distress level and satisfaction with consultation?
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- Suicide and Head and Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis and Narrative Synthesis.Psycho-oncology · 2025Pooled it
- The Current State of Global Awareness and Knowledge on Oral Cancer: A Narrative Review.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Re-authoring the altered self: the impact of a three-phase narrative nursing intervention on body image and distress in oral squamous cell carcinoma.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Early palliative care for patients with oral cancer in Sri Lanka: A non-randomized controlled trial.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Patient perspectives on nurse-led follow-up calls after head and neck surgery.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of psychological distress among patients with oral cancer in the selected tertiary care institutes in Sri Lanka: a combined cross-sectional and case-control study.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- The Patient Concerns Inventory in head and neck oncology: a structured review of its development, validation and clinical implications.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 · 2022Review
- Health-related quality of life at 3 months following head and neck cancer treatment is a key predictor of longer-term outcome and of benefit from using the patient concerns inventory.Cancer medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundOral cancer and its treatment impact patients' post-treatment outcomes, challenging clinicians to manage them optimally. Addressing patients' concerns is central to holistic patient-centred care.
objectivesThis study aimed to determine post-treatment oral cancer patients' concerns and its relationship with patients' clinical characteristics, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), psychological distress and patient satisfaction with the follow-up consultation.
methodsA total of 85 oral cancer patients were recruited from a three-armed pragmatic RCT study on the patient concerns inventory for head and neck cancer (PCI-H&N), which was conducted at six hospital-based oral maxillofacial specialist clinics throughout Malaysia. Malaysians aged 18 years and above and on follow-ups from 1 month to 5 years or more were eligible. Patients completed the PCI-H&N, functional assessment of cancer therapy -H&N v4.0 and Distress Thermometer at pre-consultation and satisfaction questionnaire at post-consultation. The data were analysed descriptively; multiple linear regression and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to determine possible predictors of patients' HRQoL and psychological distress.
results'Recurrence or fear of cancer coming back' (31.8%) was most frequently selected. 43.5% of patients selected ≥4 concerns. A significantly high number of concerns were associated with patients of '1-month to 1-year post-treatment' (
conclusionRoutine follow-up consultations should incorporate the PCI-H&N prompt list to enhance patient-centred care approach as the type and number of patients' concerns are shown to reflect their HRQoL and psychological distress.
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