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Trial reportJournal of psychosocial oncology2022

Survivorship care planning, quality of life, and confidence to transition to survivorship: A randomized controlled trial with women ending treatment for breast cancer.

Erin L O'Hea, Samantha Creamer, Julie M Flahive, Beth A Keating, Candace R Crocker, Shannon R Williamson, Kathryn L Edmiston, Tina Harralson, Edwin D Boudreaux

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of psychosocial oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The effectiveness of personalised surveillance and aftercare in breast cancer follow-up: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  5. Survivorship and Advance Care Planning in Cancer.Journal of the advanced practitioner in oncology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Erin L O'HeaDepartment of Psychology, Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts, USA.
Samantha CreamerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Julie M FlahiveDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Science, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Beth A KeatingDepartment of Hematology/Oncology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Candace R CrockerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Shannon R WilliamsonDepartment of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Kathryn L EdmistonDepartment of Hematology/Oncology, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Tina HarralsonTridiuum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Edwin D BoudreauxDepartments of Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USRhode Island Hospital · USStonehill College · USUMass Memorial Medical Center · US

Funding

Polaris Oncology Survivor Transition (POST) SystemR42CA174048 · NCI · POLARIS HEALTH DIRECTIONS, INC. · PI O'HEA, ERIN LEE · 2015 to 2017
$1.5M
Polaris Oncology Survivor Transition (POST) SystemR41CA174048 · NCI · POLARIS HEALTH DIRECTIONS, INC. · PI O'HEA, ERIN LEE · 2013 to 2014
$379k
NCI NIH HHS R41 CA174048NCI NIH HHS R42 CA174048
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe Polaris Oncology Survivorship Transition (POST) system is a computer-based program that integrates information from the electronic health record, oncology team, and the patient to produce a personalized Survivorship Care Plan. The purpose of this study was to compare the POST to treatment as usual on confidence, quality of life, and interest in mental health referrals in women ending treatment for breast cancer. SAMPLE: Two hundred women (100 POST, 100 treatment as usual) ending treatment for breast cancer were enrolled in a randomized controlled trial.

designWomen randomized to the POST condition received a personalized care plan during a baseline/intervention appointment. At enrollment and baseline/intervention, a number of outcomes were examined in this study, including confidence to enter survivorship measured by the Confidence in Survivorship Index (CSI) and Quality of Life (QOL). One, three, and six month follow up assessments were also conducted.

findingsTreatment groups did not differ in terms of QOL scores at any time points. Mean CSI scores were statistically different between POST and treatment as usual at baseline IMPLICATIONS: Oncologists may use the POST to build personalized care plans for women ending treatment for cancer, which may enhance patients' confidence in the short term as well as encourage use of mental health resources.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsQuality of LifeFemaleHumansSurvivorshipbreast cancerquality of lifeself-efficacysurvivorship care planning

Identifiers

PMID34151734
PMCPMC9157313
OpenAlexW3177449181

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