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SynthesisHealth and quality of life outcomes2022

Patient reported outcomes in oncology: changing perspectives-a systematic review.

Augusta Silveira, Teresa Sequeira, Joaquim Gonçalves, Pedro Lopes Ferreira

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Synthesis in Health and quality of life outcomes, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Barriers and facilitators for implementing patient-reported outcome measures in oncology practices: an umbrella review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026
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  3. Understanding factors impacting patient-reported outcome measures integration in routine clinical practice: an umbrella review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Augusta SilveiraHealth Sciences Faculty, Fernando Pessoa University (UFP-FCS), Rua Carlos da Maia, 296, 4200-150, Porto, Portugal.
Teresa SequeiraHealth Sciences Faculty, Fernando Pessoa University (UFP-FCS), Rua Carlos da Maia, 296, 4200-150, Porto, Portugal.
Joaquim Gonçalves2Ai - Applied Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, School of Technology of Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, R. de São Martinho, 4750-810, Vila Frescainha, Barcelos, Portugal.
Pedro Lopes FerreiraCentre for Health Studies and Research of University of Coimbra, Centre for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Avenida Dias da Silva, 165, 3004-512, Coimbra, Portugal. pedrof@fe.uc.pt.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In public health context, oncology is associated with severe negative impact on patients and on their relatives' quality of life. Over the last decades, survival has remained at 50% worldwide for some tumor locations. Patient reported outcomes (PROs) assessment and, the corresponding use in clinical practice, help establishing patient individualized profiling involving caregivers. The purpose of this systematic review was to examine critical success factors for PROs assessment in daily clinical oncology practice. Additionally, we investigated how PROs collection can change oncology perspectives for patients and caregivers. According to PRISMA guidelines, 83 studies were included in this systematic review, whether related with implementation in daily clinical practice or associated with its use in oncology. PROs assessment gathers multi-professional teams, biomedical and clinical expertise, patients, families and caregivers. Institutional involvement, first line for caregiver's adherence, team continuous formation, encompassing training and support, design of clear workflows, continuous monitoring, and data analysis are crucial for implementation. PROs measures are decisive in oncology. Several items were improved, including caregiver-patient-physician communication, patient risk groups identification, unmet problems and needs detection, disease course and treatment tracking, prognostic markers, cost-effectiveness measurement and comfort/support provision for both patients and caregivers. Routine assessment and implementation of PROs in clinical practice are a major challenge and a paradigm transformation for future.

Indexed as

Patient Reported Outcome MeasuresQuality of LifeCaregiversHumansMedical OncologyPatient Outcome AssessmentCaregiversCritical success factorsImplementationOncologyPatient reported outcomes

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PMID35597948
PMCPMC9124403

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