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ArticleBMC cancer2021

Use of rehabilitation pathways in women with breast cancer in the first 12 months of the disease: a retrospective study.

Chiara Falcicchio, Domenico Di Lallo, Alessandra Fabi, Alessandro Bonucci, Maria Perrone, Andrea Pace, Ambra Corti, Luca Giacomelli, Patrizia Pugliese

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Article in BMC cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Chiara FalcicchioPsychology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena Roma, Rome, Italy. Chiara.falcicchio@ifo.gov.it.
Domenico Di LalloDirezione Regionale Salute ed Integrazione Socio-Sanitaria, Regione Lazio, Italy.
Alessandra FabiMedical Oncology 1 Unit, IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena Roma, Rome, Italy.
Alessandro BonucciPsychology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena Roma, Rome, Italy.
Maria PerronePsychology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena Roma, Rome, Italy.
Andrea PaceNeuroncology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena Roma, Rome, Italy.
Ambra CortiPolistudium srl, Milan, Italy.
Luca GiacomelliPolistudium srl, Milan, Italy.
Patrizia PugliesePsychology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena Roma, Rome, Italy.
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori · ITInstituto Nazionale Tumori Regina ElenaIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITRegione Lazio

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBreast cancer (BC) presents important physical and psychological challenges that should be appropriately addressed through continuous, integrated and individualized rehabilitation programs after treatment. In this study, we aimed to collect more information on the rehabilitation patterns and utilization of healthcare services by women with BC.

methodsWe retrospectively analyzed data from two archives of the Lazio Regional Health System Database to assess rehabilitation patterns in women diagnosed with BC in the Lazio region (Italy) in 2008.

resultsA total of 5538 women diagnosed with BC were considered in the present study. Most patients (81.7%) received outpatient rehabilitative care, consisting mainly of pathology-related interventions and, more rarely, disability-related interventions (mainly motor rehabilitation and rarely cognitive or psychological therapy). Few patients followed an inpatient (1.3%) or an intensive outpatient rehabilitation program (1.0%).

conclusionMost patients do not receive adequate rehabilitation care during the first year after diagnosis. More information and better rehabilitation services should be provided to help patients with BC access rehabilitation programs. The study also suggests the importance of psychosocial and cognitive interventions, which is a major unmet need in women with BC.

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AgedAmbulatory CareBreast NeoplasmsCritical PathwaysFemaleHospitalizationHumansItalyMiddle AgedPatient Acceptance of Health CarePractice Patterns, Physicians'Quality of LifeRetrospective StudiesBreast cancerCognitiveInpatientMultidisciplinaryOutpatientPsychosocialRehabilitation

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PMID33761916
PMCPMC7993006
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