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ArticleJournal of patient experience2021

Assessing the Educational and Supportive Care Needs of Canadian Metastatic Melanoma Patients and Survivors Attending an Outpatient Clinic.

Mathushan Subasri, Manon Lemonde, Jahnavi Mundluru, Jose Chang, Rama Koneru

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Article in Journal of patient experience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Exploring supportive care and information needs through a proposed eHealth application among melanoma patients undergoing systemic therapy: a qualitative study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mathushan SubasriLakeridge Health Oshawa-Durham Regional Cancer Centre, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9585-1718
Manon LemondeLakeridge Health Oshawa-Durham Regional Cancer Centre, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Jahnavi MundluruLakeridge Health Oshawa-Durham Regional Cancer Centre, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Jose ChangLakeridge Health Oshawa-Durham Regional Cancer Centre, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Rama KoneruLakeridge Health Oshawa-Durham Regional Cancer Centre, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Lakeridge Health · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rapid development of metastatic melanoma treatment options has significantly improved overall survival, but paralleled patient educational and supportive care resources have fallen behind. Particularly, the need for grassroots programs targeting environments outside urban centers has grown. Accordingly, an environmental scan of the Durham region in Ontario, Canada, showed the lack of melanoma-specific resources for outpatients. The goal of this study was to identify the needs of metastatic melanoma patients and survivors attending a large outpatient clinic in Durham, and then develop a patient-reviewed intervention plan. Needs were assessed in 5 domains through a melanoma-specific supportive care needs assessment survey. Among 75 surveyed melanoma patients and survivors, high-level needs were identified in 3 domains: psychological, health system information, and melanoma-specific information. Furthermore, domain-specific needs were heightened in specific sociodemographic groups. Based on these survey results, a multifaceted intervention plan was developed to mitigate future needs. The intervention plan was patient-reviewed in focus groups prior to implementation, refining the developed intervention plan.

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focus groupinterventionmetastatic melanomaneeds assessmentoutpatient clinicpatient educationsupportive care

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PMID34368426
PMCPMC8312183
OpenAlexW3186387320

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