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ArticleGynecologic oncology2023

Integrating social care into gynecologic oncology: Identifying and addressing patient's social needs.

Katherine Cotangco, Elizabeth Pineda, Veda Hingarh, Natsai C Nyakudarika, Joshua G Cohen, Christine H Holschneider

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Article in Gynecologic oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Katherine CotangcoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA, USA; David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Elizabeth PinedaKeck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Veda HingarhDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA, USA.
Natsai C NyakudarikaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.
Joshua G CohenDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, City of Hope Orange County, Irvine, CA, USA.
Christine H HolschneiderDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA, USA; David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: cholschneider@dhs.lacounty.gov.
University of California, Los Angeles · USCity Of Hope National Medical Center · USKeck Hospital of USC · USOlive View-UCLA Medical Center · USUCLA Medical Center · US

Funding

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Training in Urologic and Gynecologic Cancers (PCORT UroGynCan)T32CA251072 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Beth Y. Karlan, MARK S. LITWIN · 2020 to 2026
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NCI NIH HHS T32 CA251072
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe aimed to identify social needs of gynecologic oncology patients using a self-administered social needs assessment tool (SNAT), compare the SNAT to a formal social work assessment performed by cancer care navigators (CCN), and provide SNAT-informed community resources.

methodsWe analyzed prospectively collected data from a performance improvement initiative in a safety-net gynecologic oncology clinic between October 2021 and July 2022. We screened for eight social needs domains, health literacy, desire for social work, and presence of urgent needs. Clinicodemographic data were abstracted from the electronic medical record. Univariate descriptive statistics were used. Inter-rater reliability for social needs domains was assessed using percent agreement.

results1010 unique patients were seen over this study period. 488 (48%) patients completed the SNAT, of which 265 (54%) screened positive for ≥1 social need. 83 (31%) patients were actively receiving cancer treatment, 140 (53%) were in post-treatment surveillance, and 42 (16%) had benign gynecologic diagnoses. Transportation (19% vs 25%), housing insecurity (18% vs 19%), and desire to speak with a social worker (16% vs 27%) were the 3 most common needs in both the entire cohort and among patients actively receiving cancer treatment. 78% patients in active treatment were seen by a CCN and received SNAT informed community resources. The percent agreement between the SNAT and formal CCN assessment ranged from 72%-94%.

conclusionsThe self-administered SNAT identified many unmet social needs among gynecologic oncology patients, corresponded well with the formal social work CCN assessment, and informed the provision of community resources.

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Genital Neoplasms, FemaleHealth LiteracyFemaleHumansReproducibility of ResultsSocial SupportGynecologic cancerMinority populationsSocial needs assessment

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