Trial reportSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2023
Effect of depression, anxiety, and distress screeners on the need, intention, and utilization of psychosocial support services among cancer patients.
Trial report in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04749056 (Evaluation of an Electronic Psycho-oncological Adaptive Screening Program to Assess Psychological Burden and Need for Psycho-social Support Among Cancer Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Evaluation of an Electronic Psycho-oncological Adaptive Screening Program to Assess Psychological Burden and Need for Psycho-social Support Among Cancer Patients
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- Factors associated with depressive symptoms among cancer patients: a nationwide cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Unmet supportive care needs among cancer patients: exploring cancer entity-specific needs and associated factors.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeIn clinical cancer care, distress screening is recommended to identify highly burdened patients in objective need for psychosocial support to improve psychological distress and quality of life and to enhance patient empowerment. It is however unclear whether distress screeners are suitable for psychosocial care planning and thus whether they can predict the willingness that is need, intention, and utilization, to seek psychosocial support.
methodsIn a secondary analysis of a cluster intervention study, we assessed cancer patients with three distress screeners (DT, PHQ-9, GAD-7) at baseline. The willingness to seek psychosocial support services was assessed binary for psychosocial services at 3 and 6 months. Logistic regression models were applied to examine the predictive effect of the screeners on need, intention, and utilization. We corrected all models for multiple testing.
resultsThe 660 patients included in the study were on average 60 years, 54% were male. At the 3- and 6-month follow-up, 353 and 259 patients participated, respectively. The screeners were best in predicting the need for support (OR reaching up to 1.15, 1.20, and 1.22 for the PHQ-9, GAD-7, and DT respectively). The intention was predicted by the PHQ-9 and GAD-7, whereas utilization of psychosocial support services was not predicted by the screeners.
conclusionThe three distress screeners might be useful in psychosocial care planning, as they are able to predict the need and to some degree the intention to seek psychosocial support. Future research needs to examine potential barriers and supporting factors that may explain utilization of psychosocial support.
trial registrationThe study was retrospectively registered (2/2021) at ClinicalTrials.gov (number: NCT04749056).
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