ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2021
What if… I Asked Cancer Patients About Psychological Distress? Barriers in Psycho-Oncological Screening From the Perspective of Nurses-A Qualitative Analysis.
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- Psychosocial distress, perceived need and utilization of psycho- social support services in patients in the early phase after the first cancer diagnosis.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2025Article
- Research on the application effect of inter-professional training program for newly enrolled medical staff in operating room based on digital information technology.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Screening for Psychosocial Distress: A Brief Review with Implications for Oncology Nursing.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Predicting Depression Risk in Patients With Cancer Using Multimodal Data: Algorithm Development Study.JMIR medical informatics · 2024Article
- Should I call psycho-oncology? Training nurses on psycho-oncological screening reduces uncertainties.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023Article
- Evaluation of psychological distress is essential for patients with locally advanced breast cancer prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy: baseline findings from cohort study.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Study protocol: the OptiScreen-Study: optimized psycho-oncological care-from screening to intervention.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionScreening questionnaires to assess psychological distress in cancer patients are well-established, but in practice there are difficulties in implementation screening up to referral to psycho-oncology. Interdisciplinary collaboration between psycho-oncology, physicians, and nursing is very important to this process. However, there are barriers and obstacles on all sides.
objectiveThe aim of this study is to capture in particular the barriers from the perspective of oncology nursing. MATERIALS AND
methodsSemi-structured interviews with nursing experts (
resultsThe Screening routine is variably well-integrated into daily clinical practice. Structural barriers such as time pressure and a lack of focus on mental distress in nursing are present. Barriers on the side of nurses are primarily a lack of knowledge and communication insecurities when dealing with patients.
conclusionsThere is a need for training and implementation of a disciplinary screening approach. The structural and organizational barriers, which are a challenge for the successful screening process due to unfavorable interdisciplinary team communication and clinical daily structure, should be addressed in further studies. Implications for Practice: In order to establish an interdisciplinary screening process and to overcome the barriers, trainings to deal with knowledge deficits and insecurities seem to be useful.
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