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Askjær T, Juhl CB, Maribo T, Christiansen AF, Oestergaard LG. Telephone consultation for cancer survivors with unclarified need for rehabilitation in a primary healthcare setting: a mixed methods process evaluation. Disabil Rehabil 2024; 46:2901-2909. [PMID: 37480338 DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2023.2238599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/24/2023]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the implementation of telephone consultations to assess cancer patients' needs for rehabilitation, with focus on patients' acceptance, health professionals' experience and contextual factors. METHODS A mixed methods process evaluation was conducted at a primary healthcare rehabilitation clinic. Cancer survivors above 18 years of age with an unclarified rehabilitation need at discharge from hospital, was offered a telephone consultation provided by health professionals. Data on implementation and acceptability were collected using medical records systems, data collection forms and semi-structured interviews with six patients and two health professionals. RESULTS Eighty-one cancer survivors were referred to the intervention, and 54% continued to further rehabilitation. The telephone consultations were executed approximately eight days after referral and took on average 44 min to deliver. Overall, the patients found that the telephone consultation addressed what they considered the most important topics, and the health professionals found the intervention to be acceptable. Both patients and health professionals reported challenges regarding the referral process. CONCLUSION Patient acceptance of the intervention was high, and the telephone consultation was implemented to a high degree, resulting in more than half of the patients continuing to further rehabilitation. Patients' and health professionals' perspectives provided valuable insights about contextual factors.
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- Tenna Askjær
- Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Public Health, Health and Care, Municipality of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
- Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte, Denmark
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- Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- DEFACTUM, Central Denmark Region, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- DEFACTUM, Central Denmark Region, Aarhus, Denmark
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Mikkelsen MK, Jensen HE, Spiegelhauer G, Amdi K, Madsen K, Nybom KS, Holm-Petersen RB, Nielsen D. Satisfaction with and perceived benefits of needs-assessment related to rehabilitation after chemotherapy among patients with breast cancer. Disabil Rehabil 2024; 46:2548-2557. [PMID: 37345500 DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2023.2225880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate satisfaction with and perceived benefits of a model of needs-assessment related to rehabilitation (NARR) in women with early breast cancer after (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Mixed methods were applied using survey (N = 200) along with interviews (N = 20). The survey included measurement of distress and self-assessed need of and satisfaction with the NARR. Type of experienced side/late effects were registered along with numbers of and reasons for referrals to rehabilitation. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and qualitative data were analyzed with thematic analysis. RESULTS Overall, 217 patients participated in a NARR and 200 (92%) accepted participation in the survey. Furthermore, 20/37 (54%) invited patients were interviewed. After the NARR, 39 patients (20%) were referred to rehabilitation. While satisfaction was high, findings regarding distress and need of the NARR were equivocal and indicated a need for talking about experiences throughout the cancer trajectory. CONCLUSIONS While only 20% had rehabilitation needs, satisfaction with the NARR was high and patients benefitted from being confirmed in normality of their experiences. It is recommended to address patients' side/late effects after chemotherapy for early breast cancer to identify rehabilitation needs, reduce distress, and improve quality of life.
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- Marta Kramer Mikkelsen
- Department of Oncology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Clinical Research Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Clinical Research Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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Navntoft S, Andreasen J, Petersen KS, Rossau HK, Jørgensen L. Barriers and facilitators to cancer rehabilitation for patients with head and neck or lung cancer-a scoping review mapping structural and healthcare professionals' perspectives. Disabil Rehabil 2023:1-13. [PMID: 37961874 DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2023.2280073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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PURPOSE Rehabilitation can positively affect quality of life, functional status, and physiological status for patients with head and neck or lung cancer. However, barriers and facilitators regarding access, referral, and participation in rehabilitation have not been outlined in the literature either from a healthcare professional or from a structural perspective. Therefore, the objective of this paper was to identify and map barriers and facilitators from structural and healthcare professionals' perspectives in relation to access, referral, and participation in rehabilitation for patients with head and neck or lung cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two systematic searches were conducted in five databases mapping peer-reviewed research literature. RESULTS In total, 17 studies of 3918 potential sources were included. Seven themes were identified. Four themes concerned access: Understanding Patients' Resources; Collaboration Determining Access; Education, Knowledge, and Evidence Impact Access to Rehabilitation; and Resources Affecting Availability to Rehabilitation Services. Two themes concerned referral: Referral Criteria; and Elements Affecting Referral Pathway. One theme concerned participation: Factors Influencing Participation. CONCLUSION From structural and healthcare professionals' perspectives, barriers and facilitators impact access, referral and participation in rehabilitation. However, the findings on facilitators were limited; only one theme addressed participation and two findings concerned patients with low socioeconomic status.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONHealthcare professionals should be mindful that a diverse array of barriers and facilitators may impact the rehabilitation pathway for patients with head, neck, and lung cancer.Engagement by healthcare professionals and structural initiatives are needed to ensure comprehensive access to information concerning rehabilitation options.Local guidelines should be developed to prescribe methods for informing and guiding patients towards suitable rehabilitation options.It is important that healthcare professionals take the individual patient's resources into account when navigating aspects of access, referral, and participation in rehabilitation.
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- Sophie Navntoft
- Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Department of Health Science and Technology, The Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Gistrup, Denmark
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- Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Department of Health Science and Technology, The Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Gistrup, Denmark
- Aalborg Centre of Health and Rehabilitation, Aalborg Municipality, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Department of Health Science and Technology, The Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Gistrup, Denmark
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- REHPA, The Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care, Nyborg, Denmark
- Section of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Clinic for Surgery and Cancer Treatment & Clinical Nursing Research Unit, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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Møller JJK, la Cour K, Pilegaard MS, Dalton SO, Bidstrup P, Möller S, Jarlbaek L. The use and timing of rehabilitation and palliative care to cancer patients, and the influence of social vulnerability - a population-based study. BMJ Support Palliat Care 2023:spcare-2023-004487. [PMID: 37816594 DOI: 10.1136/spcare-2023-004487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To identify and investigate different cohorts of cancer patients' use of physical rehabilitation and specialised palliative care (SPC) services, focusing on patients with incurable cancer and the impact of social vulnerability. METHODS The sample originated from patients diagnosed during 2013-2018 and alive 1 January 2015. Use of physical rehabilitation and/or SPC units were identified from contacts registered in population-based administrative databases. Competing-risks regression models were applied to investigate disparities with regard to social vulnerability, disease duration, gender and age. RESULTS A total of 101 268 patients with cancer were included and 60 125 survived longer than 3 years after their diagnosis. Among the 41 143 patients, who died from cancer, 66%, survived less than 1 year, 23% survived from 1 to 2 years and 11% survived from 2 to 3 years. Contacts regarding physical rehabilitation services appeared in the entire cancer trajectory, whereas contacts regarding SPC showed a steep increase as time drew closer to death. The largest disparity was related to disease duration. Socially vulnerable patients had less contact with SPC, while a larger proportion of the socially vulnerable cancer survivors used rehabilitation, compared with the non-vulnerable patients. CONCLUSIONS This study provides a previously unseen detailed overview of the use of physical rehabilitation and/or SPC among patients with incurable cancer. The services appeared to overlap at a group level in the cancer trajectory, emphasising the importance of awareness with regard to coordination and combination of the services. Disparities between socially vulnerable or non-vulnerable patients were identified.
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- Jens-Jakob Kjer Møller
- REHPA, The Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care, Odense University Hospital, Nyborg, Denmark; Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Research Unit for User Perspectives and Community-based Interventions, the Research Group for Occupational Science, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- DEFACTUM, Central Region Denmark, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Social Medicine and Rehabilitation, Regional Hospital Gødstrup, Herning, Denmark
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- Survivorship and Inequality in Cancer, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Oncology and Palliative Care, Zealand University Hospital, Naestved, Denmark
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- Psychological Aspects of Cancer, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Research unit OPEN, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Open Patient data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- REHPA, The Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care, Odense University Hospital, Nyborg, Denmark; Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Karlsen RV, Høeg BL, Dalton SO, Saltbæk L, Dehlendorff C, Johansen C, Svendsen MN, Bidstrup PE. Are education and cohabitation associated with health-related quality of life and self-management during breast cancer follow-up? A longitudinal study. Acta Oncol 2023; 62:407-413. [PMID: 37083556 DOI: 10.1080/0284186x.2023.2199128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Oncologist-led follow-up after breast cancer (BC) is increasingly replaced with less intensive follow-up based on higher self-management, which may overburden the less resourceful patients. We examined whether socioeconomic factors measured recently after the implementation of a new follow-up program for BC patients were associated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and self-management 12 months later. METHODOLOGY Between January and August 2017, we invited 1773 patients in Region Zealand, Denmark, to participate in baseline and 12 months follow-up questionnaires. The patients had surgery for low- and intermediate risk BC 1-10 years prior to the survey, and they had recently been allocated to the new follow-up program of either patient-initiated follow-up, or in-person or telephone follow-up with a nurse, based on patients' preferences. We examined associations between socioeconomic factors (education and cohabitation) at baseline and two outcomes: HRQoL (EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BR23) and self-management factors (health care provider, confidence in follow-up, contact at symptoms of concern, and self-efficacy) at 12 months follow-up. Sensitivity analyses were performed according to time since diagnosis (≤ 5 > 5 years). Furthermore, we investigated whether treatment and self-management factors modified the associations. RESULTS A total of 987 patients were included in the analyses. We found no statistically significant associations between socioeconomic factors and HRQoL, except in patients ≤ 5 years from diagnosis. For self-management patients with short education were more likely to report that they had not experience relevant symptoms of concern compared to those with medium/long education (OR 1.75 95% CI: 1.04; 2.95). We found no clear patterns indicating that treatment or self-management factors modified the associations between socioeconomics' and HRQoL. CONCLUSION Overall socioeconomic factors did not influence HRQoL and self-management factors except for experiencing and reporting relevant symptoms of concern. Socioeconomic factors may, however, influence HRQoL in patients within five years of diagnosis.
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- Randi V Karlsen
- Psychological Aspects of Cancer, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Psychological Aspects of Cancer, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Oncology and Palliative Care, Zealand University Hospital, Næstved, Denmark
- Social Inequality in Cancer, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Oncology and Palliative Care, Zealand University Hospital, Næstved, Denmark
- Social Inequality in Cancer, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Statistics and Data Analysis, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Psychological Aspects of Cancer, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Social Inequality in Cancer, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
- CASTLE, Department of Oncology, Finsen Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Oncology and Palliative Care, Zealand University Hospital, Næstved, Denmark
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- Psychological Aspects of Cancer, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Korn P, Spalthoff S, Hammersen J, Krüskemper G, Tavassol F, Winterboer J, Lentge F, Gellrich NC, Jehn P. Socio-demographic aspects and treatment-related factors on oral cancer patients' participation in rehabilitation. GMS INTERDISCIPLINARY PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY DGPW 2022; 11:Doc07. [PMID: 36300160 PMCID: PMC9577562 DOI: 10.3205/iprs000168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Objectives After resection of an oral carcinoma, patients are faced with physical, psychological, and socioeconomic challenges. Rehabilitation plays an essential role in patients' reintegration into their social and professional environment. This study evaluated whether socioeconomic aspects affect oral cancer patients' participation in rehabilitation treatment. Materials and methods A retrospective analysis was conducted with 1,532 patients following surgical treatment of oral cancer during an international multicenter rehabilitation study of the German-Swiss-Austrian Cooperative Working Group on Maxillofacial Tumors using a questionnaire comprising disease-related and psychosocial items postoperatively and at least 6 months after surgery. Results Only 35.4% of patients participated in rehabilitation. Age (p<0.001), sex (p<0.001), and marital status (p<0.05) significantly influenced participation in rehabilitation. Postoperative impairment (p<0.05) as well as quality of life (p<0.01) were significantly worse in patients who participated in rehabilitation. Nevertheless, this group of patients returned to work significantly more often, although later, than those who did not participate in rehabilitation (p<0.05). Conclusions The findings show social inequalities and suggest a general undersupply of rehabilitative follow-up treatment in patients with oral cancer. More patients, especially older people and women should be referred to rehabilitation.
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- Philippe Korn
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany,*To whom correspondence should be addressed: Philippe Korn, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany, Phone: +49 (0)511 532 4752, Fax: +49 (0)511 532 4740, E-mail:
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head, Neck & Plastic Facial Surgery, Klinikum Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Møller JJK, la Cour K, Pilegaard MS, Möller S, Jarlbaek L. Identification of socially vulnerable cancer patients - development of a register-based index (rSVI). Support Care Cancer 2022; 30:5277-5287. [PMID: 35275294 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-022-06937-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Social vulnerability is a complex construct which is beyond relying on single measures. If socially vulnerable patients should be identified, we need a composite measure capturing the patient's overall circumstances. This study presents the development of a social vulnerability index (rSVI) for cancer patients based on administrative data from population-based registers. METHODS All patients, who died from cancer within 5 years after the cancer diagnosis during 2013-2018 (n = 44,187), were identified and divided in four subcohorts according to survival; index cohort surviving 3-5 years (n = 3044 surviving 3-5 years), cohort 1 (n = 27,170 surviving < 1 year), cohort 2 (n = 9450 surviving 1-2 years), and cohort 3 (n = 4523 surviving 2-3 years). Variables from ten registries on health and social issues were linked to each individual patient. Variables of interest were weighted to construct the rSVI using the index-cohort. rSVI was subsequently tested on the three other cohorts for validation. RESULTS The rSVI included weighted values for marital status, ethnicity, education, income, unemployment, psychiatric comorbidity, and somatic comorbidity. The validity of the rSVI was supported by the expected trend in proportions of vulnerable patients when applied on the other cohorts. Single social measures appeared insufficient in identification of vulnerable patients when compared with the rSVI. CONCLUSION The rSVI provides a tool for identification of socially vulnerable cancer patients using administrative data. The index requires further validation in other patient groups and is tested against other measures of vulnerability. Future perspectives are to use the rSVI as predictor of advanced cancer patients' use of healthcare services.
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- Jens-Jakob Kjer Møller
- REHPA, The Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care, Odense University Hospital, Nyborg, Denmark; Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
- Danish Research Centre for Equality in Cancer (COMPAS), Zealand University Hospital, Naestved, Denmark.
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- Danish Research Centre for Equality in Cancer (COMPAS), Zealand University Hospital, Naestved, Denmark
- Research Unit for User Perspectives and Community-based Interventions, the Research group for Occupational Science, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- REHPA, The Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care, Odense University Hospital, Nyborg, Denmark; Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Research Unit for User Perspectives and Community-based Interventions, the Research group for Occupational Science, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Research Unit OPEN, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Open Patient Data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- REHPA, The Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care, Odense University Hospital, Nyborg, Denmark; Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Pilegaard MS, la Cour K, Baldursdóttir F, Morgan D, Oestergaard LG, Brandt Å. Assistive devices among people living at home with advanced cancer: Use, non-use and who have unmet needs for assistive devices? Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 2022; 31:e13572. [PMID: 35289004 PMCID: PMC9539586 DOI: 10.1111/ecc.13572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Objective To investigate which assistive devices people with advanced cancer have and whether they are in use. In addition, to explore the characteristics of people with advanced cancer who have unmet needs for assistive devices. Methods This descriptive cross‐sectional study used data from a randomised controlled trial evaluating efficacy of an occupational therapy‐based intervention. Participants were 237 people with advanced cancer. Data were collected by means of instruments about demography, functioning and assistive devices. Results The most frequent assistive devices possessed by the participants were as follows: (1) small aids for dressing (47%), (2) Pillow for positioning (40%) and (3) electrically operated adjustable bed (39%). The prevalence of assistive devices was 92% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 88%–95%) with 14.2% non‐use, largest for trolley tables (50%). In all, 27.4% of the participants were found to have unmet needs for assistive devices. These participants had similar characteristics to the other participants except from lower activity of daily living (ADL) ability (p values = <0.001). Conclusion The assistive devices possessed by the participants were primarily for positioning and resting, and most were in use. More than a fourth of the participants had unmet needs for assistive devices and were characterised by lower ADL ability.
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- Marc Sampedro Pilegaard
- The Research Unit for User Perspectives and Community-based Interventions, the Research Group for Occupational Science, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- The Research Unit for User Perspectives and Community-based Interventions, the Research Group for Occupational Science, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- The Research Unit for User Perspectives and Community-based Interventions, the Research Group for Occupational Science, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying (RePaDD), Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- The Research Unit for User Perspectives and Community-based Interventions, the Research Group for Occupational Science, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.,Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.,DEFACTUM, Aarhus, Denmark
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- The Research Unit for User Perspectives and Community-based Interventions, the Research Group for Occupational Science, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Nissen N, Rossau HK, Pilegaard MS, la Cour K. Cancer rehabilitation and palliative care for socially vulnerable patients in Denmark: an exploration of practices and conceptualisations. Palliat Care Soc Pract 2022; 16:26323524221097982. [PMID: 35800415 PMCID: PMC9253993 DOI: 10.1177/26323524221097982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background: Despite a tax-funded, needs-based organisation of the Danish health system,
social inequality in cancer rehabilitation and palliative care (PC) has been
noted repeatedly. Little is known about how best to improve access and
participation in cancer rehabilitation and PC for socio-economically
disadvantaged and socially vulnerable patients. Aim: To gather, synthesise and describe practice-orientated development studies
presented in Danish-language publications and examine the underpinning
conceptualisations of social inequality and vulnerability; explore related
views of stakeholders working in the field. Methods: The study comprised a narrative review of Danish-language literature on
practice-orientated development studies which address social inequality and
vulnerability in cancer rehabilitation and PC and an online stakeholder
consultation workshop with Danish professionals and academics working in the
field. Results: Two themes characterise the included publications (n = 8):
types of interventions; conceptualisations of social inequality and
vulnerability; three themes were identified in the workshop data: focus and
type of interventions; organisation of cancer care; and vulnerability of the
healthcare system. The publications and the workshop participants
(n = 12) favoured approaches which provide additional
individualised resources throughout the cancer trajectory for this patient
group. The terms social inequality and social vulnerability are largely used
interchangeably, and associated with low income and no or little education
yet qualified with multiple descriptors, which reflect the diverse
socio-economic situations professionals encounter in cancer patients and
their psychosocial needs. Conclusion: Addressing social inequality and vulnerability in cancer rehabilitation and
PC in Denmark entails practical and conceptual challenges. Of importance is
individualised support and the integration of rehabilitation and PC into
standardised care pathways. To conceive of social vulnerability as a
layered, dynamic, relational and contextual concept reflects current
practice in identifying the diversity of cancer patients who may benefit
from additional support in accessing and participating in rehabilitation and
PC.
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- Nina Nissen
- Independent Researcher, Berlin, Germany
- Affiliation during the study: REHPA – Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care, Nyborg, Denmark
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- Section of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Affiliation during the study: REHPA – Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care, Nyborg, Denmark
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- User Perspectives and Community-Based Interventions, Research Group for Occupational Science, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- User Perspectives and Community-Based Interventions, Research Group for Occupational Science, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Affiliation during the study: REHPA – Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care, Nyborg, Denmark
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Johnsen AT, Flink CE, Winther KP, Markussen ALR, Lund L, Pedersen I, Rix BA, Kehlet KH. Promoting health equity in the health-care system: How can we identify potentially vulnerable patients? Scand J Public Health 2021; 50:903-907. [PMID: 34903121 DOI: 10.1177/14034948211059720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is documented social inequality in cancer. The health-care system may contribute to health equity by targeting interventions to potentially vulnerable patients who may be at risk of not receiving optimal treatment and care. AIM This study aimed to develop and pilot test a tool to identify patients who may need additional support. METHOD The study took place in a department of palliative medicine and in a team for head and neck cancer within an oncology department. The tool to identify potentially vulnerable patients was developed based on literature reviews and interviews with patients and health-care personnel. It was pilot tested in a six-month period, with subsequent interviews with health-care personnel. RESULTS In total, 212 consecutive patients referred to the departments were systematically screened with the tool by health-care personnel. Of these, 74 (35%) patients were considered potentially vulnerable. The most frequently reported sign of vulnerability was 'few supportive relations' (47% of the vulnerable patients). Most health-care personnel found it relevant to focus systematically on these patients. However, some were concerned that using the tool could prove to be stigmatising and were critical of attributing the vulnerability to the individual. CONCLUSIONS Most patients were considered in need of additional support because they lacked a social network or had difficulties communicating with health-care personnel. Applying a tool to identify potentially vulnerable patients was feasible and increased attention to this group of patients. However, the screening procedure was also questioned.
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- Anna Thit Johnsen
- Department of Palliative Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark.,Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
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- Department of Palliative Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
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- Department of Palliative Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
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Yan MH, Fan YY, Zhang JE. Stigma, self-efficacy and late toxicities among Chinese nasopharyngeal carcinoma survivors. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 2021; 31:e13528. [PMID: 34668257 DOI: 10.1111/ecc.13528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 07/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study explores the level of stigma among Chinese nasopharyngeal carcinoma survivors, its influencing factors and relationship with self-efficacy. METHODS In total, 281 nasopharyngeal carcinoma survivors were recruited from China, who completed the demographic, disease-related and late toxicities questionnaire, as well as the General Self-Efficacy Scale and Social Impact Scale. RESULTS The mean scores for stigma and self-efficacy were 57.22 ± 9.58 and 28.06 ± 3.97, respectively, both showing a moderate level. The late toxicities with the highest incidence were xerostomia (91.8%), fatigue (78.3%) and hearing loss (63.0%). Stigma was significantly and negatively related to self-efficacy (r = -0.295, P < 0.001). Multivariable linear regression showed that self-efficacy, number of children, educational level, perceived support from spouse and other family members and some late toxicities (nasal obstruction and toothache) were influencing factors of stigma, accounting for 49.4% of the variance. CONCLUSION Medical staff should be more aware of stigma among Chinese nasopharyngeal carcinoma survivors, especially those with more children and weaker educational backgrounds who are at a higher risk of stigma. They should take effective measures to alleviate stigma by improving patients' self-efficacy, relieving late toxicities and encouraging spouses and family members to provide more support for them.
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- Ming-Hui Yan
- School of Nursing, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Cancer Centre, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Nursing, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Sampedro Pilegaard M, Knold Rossau H, Lejsgaard E, Kjer Møller JJ, Jarlbaek L, Dalton SO, la Cour K. Rehabilitation and palliative care for socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review. Acta Oncol 2021; 60:112-123. [PMID: 33021852 DOI: 10.1080/0284186x.2020.1827156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Rehabilitation and palliative care may play an important role in addressing the problems and needs perceived by socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with advanced cancer. However, no study has synthesized existing research on rehabilitation and palliative care for socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with advanced cancer. The study aimed to map existing research of rehabilitation and palliative care for patients with advanced cancer who are socioeconomically disadvantaged. MATERIAL AND METHODS A scoping review was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). A systematic literature search was performed in CINAHL, PubMed and EMBASE. Two reviewers independently assessed abstracts and full-text articles for eligibility and performed data extraction. Both qualitative and quantitative studies published between 2010 and 2019 were included if they addressed rehabilitation or palliative care for socioeconomically disadvantaged (adults ≥18 years) patients with advanced cancer. Socioeconomic disadvantage is defined by socioeconomic position (income, educational level and occupational status). RESULTS In total, 11 studies were included in this scoping review (138,152 patients and 45 healthcare providers) of which 10 were quantitative studies and 1 was a qualitative study. All included studies investigated the use of and preferences for palliative care, and none focused on rehabilitation. Two studies explored health professionals' perspectives on the delivery of palliative care. CONCLUSION Existing research within this research field is sparse. Future research should focus more on how best to reach and support socioeconomically disadvantaged people with advanced cancer in community-based rehabilitation and palliative care.
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- Marc Sampedro Pilegaard
- REHPA, the Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Public Health, Research Unit of General Practice, The Research Initiative of Activity Studies and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- REHPA, the Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Sociology and Social Work, Aalborg University, Denmark, Aalborg, Denmark
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- REHPA, the Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- REHPA, the Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Survivorship & Inequality in Cancer, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department for Clinical Oncology & Palliative Care, Danish Research Center for Equality in Cancer (COMPAS), Zealand University Hospital, Næstved, Denmark
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- REHPA, the Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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Lee MK. Relationships of Symptom Groups and Functioning Domains in Patients with Advanced-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Undergoing Treatment: A Cross-Sectional Study. Healthcare (Basel) 2020; 9:28. [PMID: 33396797 PMCID: PMC7823599 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9010028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to describe the symptoms experienced by patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), examine whether different symptom groups significantly affected different functioning domains in these patients, and determine the effect of the "lack of energy" and "pain" symptom groups on the different functioning domains of health-related quality of life (HRQOL). From a single tertiary institution, this cross-sectional study enrolled 135 consecutive NSCLC patients who were mostly undergoing chemotherapy and were in the advanced stage (National University Hospital, Daegu, South Korea). Clinical and self-reported demographic information and data on different functioning domains (from the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire C30 (EORTC QLQ-C30)), symptom experience (from the EORTC QLQ-LC13), and the Symptom Distress Scale (SDS) were examined. The four most common symptoms were fatigue (69%), pain (47%), dyspnea (38%), and lack of appetite (36%). The "pain" symptom group was negatively associated with physical, emotional, cognitive, and role functioning. The "lack of energy" symptom group was negatively associated with physical, role, emotional, social, and cognitive functioning. The "lack of energy" symptom group explained the most variance for physical and role functioning, and the "pain" symptom group explained the most variance for emotional functioning. Impaired concentration explained the most variance for cognitive functioning.
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- Myung Kyung Lee
- College of Nursing, Research Institute of Nursing Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Korea
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Rosbjerg R, Hansen DG, Zachariae R, Stapelfeldt CM, Hoejris I, Rasmussen MT, Drysdale SW, Labriola M. Validation of the Return To Work Self-Efficacy questionnaire in a population of employees undergoing treatment for cancer. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 2020; 30:e13373. [PMID: 33216404 DOI: 10.1111/ecc.13373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Several Return To Work Self-Efficacy (RTWSE) questionnaires have been developed and found relevant to understanding the return to work (RTW) process of employees with various health problems, including employees with cancer. The aim of the present study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Danish 19-item RTWSE questionnaire (RTWSE-19DK ) in a sample of employees with cancer. METHODS Employees undergoing treatment for cancer completed the RTWSE-19DK at baseline (n = 68) and at 1 week (n = 49). Additional questionnaires measured work ability, cancer-related self-efficacy and psychological distress. Internal consistency, test-retest reliability and construct validity were examined. RESULTS The total and the three subscales of the RTWSE-19DK showed good internal consistencies with Cronbach's alphas between 0.90 and 0.97 and high test-retest reliability with Intraclass Correlation Coefficients between 0.84 and 0.90. Examining construct validity, the RTWSE-19DK showed medium and large correlations with cancer-related self-efficacy (r = 0.54), mental work ability (r = 0.51), and general work ability (r = 0.35), small correlations with physical work ability (r = 0.26) and anxiety (r = -0.10), and no correlations with depression (r = -0.08) and test date (r = 0.03). CONCLUSION The RTWSE-19DK showed good reliability and adequate validity in employees undergoing cancer treatment. In clinical practice, the RTWSE-19 questionnaire may help practitioners identify areas of concern in the RTW process of cancer patients.
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- Rikke Rosbjerg
- DEFACTUM, Central Denmark Region, Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Research Unit of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Unit for Psychooncology and Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- The Body and Cancer program, Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Centre for Social Medicin, Frederiksberg and Bispebjerg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Patients' Experience of Communication During Their Course of Treatment in an Oncology Outpatient Clinic: Qualitative Study. Cancer Nurs 2020; 45:E187-E196. [PMID: 33038098 DOI: 10.1097/ncc.0000000000000891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Communication between patients and healthcare professionals becomes increasingly important as patients with cancer are primarily treated in outpatient settings, where the time to communicate is brief. There is a need to understand patients' experiences of communication to ensure person-centered communication during treatment. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore how patients experience communication with healthcare professionals during their course of treatment in an oncology outpatient clinic to elucidate how their needs for support are met. METHODS Data were generated through semistructured qualitative interviews in patients with cancer who received treatment in an oncology outpatient clinic (n = 18). Interpretive description methodology and symbolic interactionism inspired the analytical approach. RESULTS Three overarching communication categories were generated, namely, verbal practices, relational practices, and nonverbal practices, which reflect distinct characteristics and the quality of the communication. Communication was characterized as being informative, cheerful, and routinized, which the patients found supportive and, contrarily, superficial, task focused, lacking continuity in care, and missing existential dimensions. CONCLUSION The communication practice in the oncology outpatient clinic especially supported patients in managing their treatment and side effects. However, psychological, social, and existential concerns were rarely addressed, requiring the patient to self-manage these issues in everyday life while living with cancer. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE Patients are socialized by verbal and nonverbal communication practices in the outpatient clinic, which influences their expectations of what to talk about during their treatment. Methods are needed to support person-centered communication in outpatient settings, so patient care needs are met more broadly.
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IJsbrandy C, Ottevanger PB, Gerritsen WR, van Harten WH, Hermens RPMG. Determinants of adherence to physical cancer rehabilitation guidelines among cancer patients and cancer centers: a cross-sectional observational study. J Cancer Surviv 2020; 15:163-177. [PMID: 32986232 PMCID: PMC7822788 DOI: 10.1007/s11764-020-00921-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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PURPOSE To tailor implementation strategies that maximize adherence to physical cancer rehabilitation (PCR) guidelines, greater knowledge concerning determinants of adherence to those guidelines is needed. To this end, we assessed the determinants of adherence to PCR guidelines in the patient and cancer center. METHODS We investigated adherence variation of PCR guideline-based indicators regarding [1] screening with the Distress Thermometer (DT), [2] information provision concerning physical activity (PA) and physical cancer rehabilitation programs (PCRPs), [3] advice to take part in PA and PCRPs, [4] referral to PCRPs, [5] participation in PCRPs, and [6] PA uptake (PAU) in nine cancer centers. Furthermore, we assessed patient and cancer center characteristics as possible determinants of adherence. Regression analyses were used to determine associations between guideline adherence and patient and cancer center characteristics. In these analyses, we assumed the patient (level 1) nested within the cancer center (level 2). RESULTS Nine hundred and ninety-nine patients diagnosed with cancer between January 2014 and June 2015 were included. Of the 999 patients included in the study, 468 (47%) received screening with the DT and 427 (44%) received information provision concerning PA and PCRPs. Subsequently, 550 (56%) patients were advised to take part in PA and PCRPs, which resulted in 174 (18%) official referrals. Ultimately, 280 (29%) patients participated in PCRPs, and 446 (45%) started PAU. Screening with the DT was significantly associated with information provision concerning PA and PCRPs (OR 1.99, 95% CI 1.47-2.71), advice to take part in PA and PCRPs (OR 1.79, 95% CI 1.31-2.45), referral to PCRPs (OR 1.81, 95% CI 1.18-2.78), participation in PCRPs (OR 2.04, 95% CI 1.43-2.91), and PAU (OR 1.69, 95% CI 1.25-2.29). Younger age, male gender, breast cancer as the tumor type, ≥2 cancer treatments, post-cancer treatment weight gain/loss, employment, and fatigue were determinants of guideline adherence. Less variation in scores of the indicators between the different cancer centers was found. This variation between centers was too low to detect any association between center characteristics with the indicators. CONCLUSIONS The implementation of PCR guidelines is in need of improvement. We found determinants at the patient level associated with guideline-based PCR care. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS Implementation strategies that deal with the determinants of adherence to PCR guidelines might improve the implementation of PCR guidelines and the quality of life of cancer survivors.
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- Charlotte IJsbrandy
- Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ Healthcare), Radboud Institute for Health Science (RIHS), Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, PO Box 9101, Nijmegen, 6500, HB, The Netherlands. .,Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud Institute for Health Science (RIHS), Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. .,Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud Institute for Health Science (RIHS), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud Institute for Health Science (RIHS), Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud Institute for Health Science (RIHS), Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Health Technology and Services Research, MB-HTSR, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ Healthcare), Radboud Institute for Health Science (RIHS), Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, PO Box 9101, Nijmegen, 6500, HB, The Netherlands
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Handberg C, Svendsen ML, Maribo T. A Cross-Sectional Study Evaluating Potential Differences in the Need for Cancer Survivorship Care in Relation to Patients' Socioeconomic Status. J Clin Med Res 2019; 11:515-523. [PMID: 31236171 PMCID: PMC6575116 DOI: 10.14740/jocmr3871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background There seems to be inequity within cancer survivorship care in primary care settings related to gender, shorter education, and early poor health, but there is uncertainty regarding the character of the needs in hospital and in primary care settings and whether there is inequity regarding meeting these needs. This study aims to describe potential differences in needs among patients in hospital and in primary care settings, and to assess the need for survivorship care and rehabilitation in patients with cancer in relation to socioeconomic status. Methods In a cross-sectional study including patients in hospital (n = 89) and primary care settings (n = 99), information from needs assessments was linked with population-based data on socioeconomic status via unique personal identification numbers. The association between socioeconomic status and stated needs was analyzed separately for patients in hospital and primary care settings, with adjustment for age and gender. Results A total of 90% patients expressed one or more needs in the physical area, 51% in the emotional area, and 40% in the practical area. Patients in primary care expressed more needs than patients in hospital. Men expressed more needs than women in primary care (adjusted odds ratio (OR) (95% confidence interval (CI)): 2.66 (1.04 - 6.79)). The results indicate that higher socioeconomic status is associated with fewer stated needs. Conclusions This study suggests that the association between gender and stated needs may depend on healthcare setting and confirms that higher socioeconomic status in relation to civil status, educational level, income, and labor market status is associated with fewer stated needs.
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- Charlotte Handberg
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.,DEFACTUM, Central Denmark Region, Aarhus, Denmark.,The Danish National Rehabilitation Center for Neuromuscular Diseases, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.,DEFACTUM, Central Denmark Region, Aarhus, Denmark
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Rossen S, Kayser L, Vibe-Petersen J, Ried-Larsen M, Christensen JF. Technology in exercise-based cancer rehabilitation: a cross-sectional study of receptiveness and readiness for e-Health utilization in Danish cancer rehabilitation. Acta Oncol 2019; 58:610-618. [PMID: 30698060 DOI: 10.1080/0284186x.2018.1562213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Background: During recent years, there has been an increased focus on technology within cancer survivorship and physical activity rehabilitation. Failure to acknowledge the individuals wishes and/or limitations in the use of technology introduces risk of neglecting or excluding low-resource individuals, thus adding to an already existing inequity within cancer management. It is important to identify vulnerable sub-populations with particular needs when introducing health technology to offer appropriate rehabilitation and support individuals in taking advantage of technology in their physical activity rehabilitation. We report how a population of cancer survivors referred to municipality-based rehabilitation can be segmented, according to their receptiveness and readiness for health technology utilization, to understand their potential barriers towards using technology. Methods: We used a cross-sectional design with convenience sampling among Danish cancer survivors (n = 305) referred to rehabilitation. Participants completed a questionnaire survey covering background information and a new tool to assess self-reported health technology readiness. Demographic, disease and behavioral factors were described in relation to the participants' receptiveness to use technology in physical activity rehabilitation. Participants were stratified according to their health technology readiness and the resulting groups described with regards to the above-mentioned factors. Results: Almost 30% of the participants were un-receptive to use technology in relation to physical activity rehabilitation and were characterized by being more vulnerable with regards to sociodemographic characteristics and scoring lower on dimensions related to eHealth literacy. Stratification of the participants according to their health technology readiness profile revealed four distinct profiles that were significantly different in sociodemographic, disease and behavioral factors. Conclusion: To reduce the risk of alienating low-resource individuals when introducing health technology, evaluation of the individuals' receptiveness to use technology in a rehabilitation context and their readiness for health technology may help tailor the extent to which technology should be offered to assist the cancer survivors.
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- Sine Rossen
- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism/Centre for Physical Activity Research (CIM/CFAS), Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Centre for Cancer and Health, Municipality of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism/Centre for Physical Activity Research (CIM/CFAS), Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism/Centre for Physical Activity Research (CIM/CFAS), Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Oksbjerg Dalton S, Halgren Olsen M, Moustsen IR, Wedell Andersen C, Vibe-Petersen J, Johansen C. Socioeconomic position, referral and attendance to rehabilitation after a cancer diagnosis: A population-based study in Copenhagen, Denmark 2010-2015. Acta Oncol 2019; 58:730-736. [PMID: 30905247 DOI: 10.1080/0284186x.2019.1582800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Background: Implementation of new cancer services may lead to socioeconomic differences in uptake and despite reports of more unmet needs among patients with low socioeconomic position studies have found that these patients receive less rehabilitation. We aimed to investigate associations between indicators for socioeconomic position and referral as well as attendance to rehabilitation for cancer. Methods: Through the Danish Cancer Registry, we identified all persons diagnosed with cancer in Copenhagen municipality 2010-2015 and obtained information on referral to and visits at the municipal rehabilitation center from municipal records. We linked the population with information on socioeconomic information and vital status through national registries. Associations were analyzed using multivariate Cox regression models. Results: Among 13,059 persons diagnosed with cancer a total of 2523 were referred for rehabilitation within 2.5 years from diagnosis. Compared to persons with short education, men and women with long education and men with medium education had higher adjusted hazard ratios (HR) for being referred to rehabilitation (Long: HR-men, 1.30 (95% CI: 1.06-1.59) and HR-women, 1.33 (95% CI: 1.15-1.53; Medium: HR-men, 1.23 (95% CI: 1.02-1.49)). Both men and women with children living at home had higher HR of referral (HR-men, 1.23 (95% CI: 1.00-1.52) and HR-women, 1.28 (95% CI: 1.11-1.48)). Among patients referred to rehabilitation, 81% attended a visitation consultation. Long education was associated with attendance in both genders while in men, medium education and in women high income, respectively was associated with attendance. Conclusion: Clear socioeconomic differences in referral and attendance to rehabilitation services indicate that socioeconomic inequality exists in patients' transition from cancer treatment into post-treatment care. Systematic needs assessment and clarification of wish for rehabilitation should be a requisite for all cancer patients independent of their socioeconomic position.
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- Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton
- Survivorship, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Oncology & Palliative Care, Zealand University Hospital, Naestved, Denmark
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- Survivorship, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Survivorship, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Survivorship, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Castle late effects unit, Oncology Clinic, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Friberg AS, Rask Moustsen I, Benzon Larsen S, Hartung T, Wreford Andersen E, Halgren Olsen M, Tjønneland A, Kjaer SK, Johansen C, Brasso K, Oksbjerg Dalton S. Educational level and the risk of depression after prostate cancer. Acta Oncol 2019; 58:722-729. [PMID: 30700197 DOI: 10.1080/0284186x.2019.1566773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Background: The risk of depression is inversely associated with socioeconomic position in the general population; however, studies on the association in cancer populations are limited. The aim was to investigate if shorter education was associated with a higher risk of depression following prostate cancer diagnosis. Material and methods: This is a cohort study among participants in the Danish prospective Diet, Cancer and Health (DCH) study including 2337 men diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1997 and 2014. Primary outcome was indication of moderate to severe depression, defined as either a first hospital contact for depression or first use of antidepressants. The main indicator of socioeconomic position was education categorized into short (<9 years of education), medium (9-12 years) and long (>12 years). We retrieved information on education, depression and cohabitation status from Danish National Registries. Information on stage, primary treatment, lifestyle and anthropometry was obtained from medical records and questionnaires. Data were analyzed using Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for possible confounders and mediators. Results: The hazard of first depression was 1.86-fold higher (95% CI, 1.36-2.54) in prostate cancer patients with short education compared to those with long education. Adjustment for stage and primary treatment did not change the HRs, while adding comorbidity and lifestyle factors resulted in an HR of 1.65 (95% CI, 1.19-2.29). Men with medium education had a non-statistically significant 1.23-fold higher hazard of depression (95% CI, 0.95-1.59) than men with long education in the fully adjusted model. Educational differences were present in the cumulative incidence of first depression among cancer-free DCH study participants, but the level of first depression was substantially lower in this population than in prostate cancer patients. Conclusions: We found indication of social inequality in depression following prostate cancer. Patients and particularly men with short education might benefit from psychosocial intervention and support.
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- Anne Sofie Friberg
- Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Copenhagen Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Survivorship, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Survivorship, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Survivorship, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Copenhagen Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital of Copenhagen Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Psychology and Sociology, University Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Survivorship, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Diet, Genes and Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Virus, Lifestyle and Genes, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Gynecology, University Hospital of Copenhagen Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Copenhagen Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Survivorship, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital of Copenhagen Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Survivorship, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Oncology, Zealand University Hospital, Naestved, Denmark
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Kayser L, Rossen S, Karnoe A, Elsworth G, Vibe-Petersen J, Christensen JF, Ried-Larsen M, Osborne RH. Development of the Multidimensional Readiness and Enablement Index for Health Technology (READHY) Tool to Measure Individuals' Health Technology Readiness: Initial Testing in a Cancer Rehabilitation Setting. J Med Internet Res 2019; 21:e10377. [PMID: 30747717 PMCID: PMC6404640 DOI: 10.2196/10377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Revised: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 11/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Background The increasing digitization of health care services with enhanced access to fast internet connections, along with wide use of smartphones, offers the opportunity to get health advice or treatment remotely. For service providers, it is important to consider how consumers can take full advantage of available services and how this can create an enabling environment. However, it is important to consider the digital context and the attributes of current and future users, such as their readiness (ie, knowledge, skills, and attitudes, including trust and motivation). Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate how the eHealth Literacy Questionnaire (eHLQ) combined with selected dimensions from the Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ) and the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) can be used together as an instrument to characterize an individual’s level of health technology readiness and explore how the generated data can be used to create health technology readiness profiles of potential users of health technologies and digital health services. Methods We administered the instrument and sociodemographic questions to a population of 305 patients with a recent cancer diagnosis referred to rehabilitation in a setting that plans to introduce various technologies to assist the individuals. We evaluated properties of the Readiness and Enablement Index for Health Technology (READHY) instrument using confirmatory factor analysis, convergent and discriminant validity analysis, and exploratory factor analysis. To identify different health technology readiness profiles in the population, we further analyzed the data using hierarchical and k-means cluster analysis. Results The confirmatory factor analysis found a suitable fit for the 13 factors with only 1 cross-loading of 1 item between 2 dimensions. The convergent and discriminant validity analysis revealed many factor correlations, suggesting that, in this population, a more parsimonious model might be achieved. Exploratory factor analysis pointed to 5 to 6 constructs based on aggregates of the existing dimensions. The results were not satisfactory, so we performed an 8-factor confirmatory factor analysis, resulting in a good fit with only 1 item cross-loading between 2 dimensions. Cluster analysis showed that data from the READHY instrument can be clustered to create meaningful health technology readiness profiles of users. Conclusions The 13 dimensions from heiQ, HLQ, and eHLQ can be used in combination to describe a user’s health technology readiness level and degree of enablement. Further studies in other populations are needed to understand whether the associations between dimensions are consistent and the number of dimensions can be reduced.
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- Lars Kayser
- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Centre for Physical Activity Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for Population Health Research, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
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- Copenhagen Centre for Cancer and Health, Municipality of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Centre for Physical Activity Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Centre for Physical Activity Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Centre for Population Health Research, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
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Myrhaug HT, Mbalilaki JA, Lie NEK, Hansen T, Nordvik JE. The effects of multidisciplinary psychosocial interventions on adult cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Disabil Rehabil 2018; 42:1062-1070. [DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2018.1515265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Regional Knowledge Translation Center, Southern-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority, Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- The Norwegian Leukemia Association, Oslo, Norway
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- Regional Knowledge Translation Center, Southern-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority, Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Kristiansen M, Adamsen L, Piil K, Halvorsen I, Nyholm N, Hendriksen C. A three-year national follow-up study on the development of community-level cancer rehabilitation in Denmark. Scand J Public Health 2017; 47:511-518. [PMID: 29212431 DOI: 10.1177/1403494817746535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aims: Scandinavian cancer care policies emphasise community-level rehabilitation services, but little is known about changes in service provision over time. This follow-up study explores development in these services in Danish municipalities, focusing on availability, utilisation and organisation of services, including existing opportunities and challenges. Methods: A national survey among all 98 Danish municipalities was conducted in 2013 (baseline) and repeated in 2016 (follow-up). The electronic questionnaire comprised closed- and open-ended questions. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and content analysis. Results: A total of 93 municipalities responded (95% response rate) and the services offered primarily comprised group physical activity, dietary advice, smoking cessation and individual counselling on physical activity. The number of patients enrolled was below the estimated number needing rehabilitation in Denmark. Inequality in utilisation by ethnicity, age and gender was reported. Key challenges for the delivery of services were: inadequate referral and recruitment procedures; lack of needs assessment tools; obstacles to ensuring collaboration and referral of patients between hospitals and municipalities; and inadequate evidence on the rehabilitation's effect. Key recommendations include ensuring collaboration between municipalities; provision of diagnosis-specific group-based activities; services focusing on physical activity; and gender-specific activities directed particularly at men. Conclusions: This study, which highlights improvements in the provision of community-level cancer rehabilitation, recommends that more effort be made to ensure equality in utilisation across patient groups, improved integration of municipal-level services into cancer care trajectories, more uniform documentation of service delivery and the enforcement of patient outcomes to gradually build a more robust evidence base for community-level cancer rehabilitation.
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- 1 Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.,2 The University Hospitals Centre for Health Research (UCSF) and Center for Integrated Rehabilitation for Cancer Patients (CIRE), Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
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- 2 The University Hospitals Centre for Health Research (UCSF) and Center for Integrated Rehabilitation for Cancer Patients (CIRE), Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
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- 1 Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- 1 Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Handberg C, Jensen CM, Maribo T. Lack of Needs Assessment in Cancer Survivorship Care and Rehabilitation in Hospitals and Primary Care Settings. J Clin Med Res 2017; 9:864-871. [PMID: 28912923 PMCID: PMC5593434 DOI: 10.14740/jocmr3160w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Formalized and systematic assessment of survivorship care and rehabilitation needs is prerequisite for ensuring cancer patients sufficient help and support through their cancer trajectory. Patients are often uncertain as to how to express and address their survivorship care and rehabilitation needs, and little is known about specific, unmet needs and the plans necessary to meet them. There is a call for both ensuring survivorship care and rehabilitation for cancer patients in need and further for documenting the specific needs related to the cancer disease and its treatment. Thus the aim of this study was to describe specific survivorship care and rehabilitation needs and plans as stated by patients with cancer at hospitals when diagnosed and when primary care survivorship care and rehabilitation begins. Methods Needs assessment forms from cancer patients at two hospitals and two primary care settings were analyzed. The forms included stated needs and survivorship care and rehabilitation plans. All data were categorized using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Results Eighty-nine patients at hospitals and 99 in primary care, stated their needs. Around 50% of the patients completed a survivorship care and rehabilitation plan. In total, 666 (mean 7.5) needs were stated by hospital patients and 836 (mean 8.0) by those in primary care. The needs stated were primarily within the ICF component “body functions and structure”, and the most frequent needs were (hospitals/primary care) fatigue (57%/67%), reduced muscle strength (55%/67%) and being worried (37%/36%). Conclusions The results underpin an urgent need for a systematic procedure to assess needs in clinical practice where cancer patients are being left without survivorship care and rehabilitation needs assessment. Gaining knowledge on needs assessment and the detailed description of needs and plans can facilitate targeted interventions. The findings indicate an urgent need to change the practice culture to be systematic in addressing and identifying survivorship care needs among patients with cancer. Further the findings call for considering the development of a new needs assessment form with involvement of both patients and healthcare professionals.
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- Charlotte Handberg
- Department of Public Health, Section for Clinical Social Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Denmark.,DEFACTUM, Central Denmark Region, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, Section for Clinical Social Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Denmark.,DEFACTUM, Central Denmark Region, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, Section for Clinical Social Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Denmark.,DEFACTUM, Central Denmark Region, Denmark
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Adamsen L, Andersen C, Lillelund C, Bloomquist K, Møller T. Rethinking exercise identity: a qualitative study of physically inactive cancer patients' transforming process while undergoing chemotherapy. BMJ Open 2017; 7:e016689. [PMID: 28838897 PMCID: PMC5629696 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To explore physically inactive breast and colon cancer patients' prediagnosis exercise history and attitudes to physical activity (PA) and experiences in initiating PA while undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy. DESIGN An explorative qualitative study guided the interpretive analysis of semistructured, open-ended interviews conducted at initiation of chemotherapy and after 12 weeks. The study was embedded in a pilot randomised controlled trial. SETTING Participants were recruited from the Oncological Department at a hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark. PARTICIPANTS 33 patients with cancer, median age 49 years: 25 patients with breast cancer and 8 with colon cancer, 72% with a low cardiac respiratory fitness level and the majority with a high level of education. Patients received adjuvant chemotherapy, oncologist's PA recommendation and exercise, cancer nurse specialist's counselling prior to allocation to PA interventions or waitlist control group. RESULTS Prediagnosis exercise had been excluded from patients' daily lives due to perceptions of exercise as boring, lack of discipline and stressful work conditions for both genders. Recommendations from oncologists and nurses inspired the patients to reconsider their attitudes and behaviour by accepting recruitment and participation in PA interventions during chemotherapy. Despite extensive side effects, most patients adhered to their PA commitment due to their perception of the bodily, emotional and social benefits and support of healthcare professionals, peers and family. CONCLUSION The patients' attitude towards exercise transformed from having no priority in patients' daily lives prediagnosis to being highly prioritised. This study identified four important phases in the exercise transformation process during the patients' treatment trajectory of relevance to clinicians in identifying, motivating and supporting physically inactive patients with cancer at long-term risk. Clinicians should address young, highly educated patients with cancer at onset of adjuvant chemotherapy due to their specific risk of a sedentary lifestyle resulting from being in stressful, ambitious careers. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER Current Controlled Trials (ISRCTN24901641), Stage: Qualitative results.
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- Lis Adamsen
- The University Hospitals Centre for Health Research, UCSF Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Department 9701, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The University Hospitals Centre for Health Research, UCSF Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Department 9701, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The University Hospitals Centre for Health Research, UCSF Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Department 9701, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The University Hospitals Centre for Health Research, UCSF Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Department 9701, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The University Hospitals Centre for Health Research, UCSF Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Department 9701, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Öhlén J, Cohen J, Håkanson C. Determinants in the place of death for people with different cancer types: a national population-based study. Acta Oncol 2017; 56:455-461. [PMID: 27835053 DOI: 10.1080/0284186x.2016.1250946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Place of death has for the past decade increasingly come to be regarded as a robust indicator of how palliative care is organized and provided, and is also recognized as an important factor for well being at the end of life. Variations in place of cancer deaths have previously been reported in the context of country-specific healthcare organization, but without differentiating between cancer types and national regional variations. Our aim was to examine, at a population level, where people with cancer diseases die in Sweden, and to investigate associations of place of death and cancer type with individual, socioeconomic and geographical characteristics of the deceased. MATERIAL AND METHODS This population level study is based on death certificate data (sex; age; underlying cause of death and place of death) and population register data (educational attainment, marital status, living arrangements, area of residence, degree of urbanization, and healthcare region) of all 2012 cancer deaths in Sweden, with a registered place of death (hospital, nursing home, home, other places). Data were explored descriptively. To investigate associations between place of death and cancer types, and individual, socioeconomic and environmental characteristics, a series of multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed. RESULTS The most frequent type of cancer death occurring at home was upper gastrointestinal cancer (25.6%) and the least frequent was hematological cancer (15.2%). Regional variations in cancer deaths occurring at home ranged from 17.1% to 28.4%. Factors associated with place of death by cancer type were age, educational attainment, marital status, healthcare regions and degree of urbanization. CONCLUSION Large healthcare regional variations in place of death among different cancer types were found. The socioeconomic inequality previously demonstrated for screening, diagnostic and treatment processes, rehabilitation and survival thus also seems to be reflected in the place of death.
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- Joakim Öhlén
- Department of Health Care Science, Palliative Research Centre (JÖ, CH), Ersta Sköndal University College, Stockholm, Sweden
- Institute of Health and Care Sciences, University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-Centred Care (JÖ), Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- End-of-Life Care Research Group (JC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Ghent University, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Health Care Science, Palliative Research Centre (JÖ, CH), Ersta Sköndal University College, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society (CH), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Winther D, Nygaard TK, Horsbøl TA, Kjær T, Vedsted P, Johansen C, Hovaldt HB, Sandager M, Dalton SO. Associations between education and physical functioning and pain in adult Danish cancer survivors. Acta Oncol 2017; 56:348-353. [PMID: 28206872 DOI: 10.1080/0284186x.2016.1268712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Late effects after cancer diagnosis and treatment are common, but only few studies have examined the role of social factors in developing these late effects. The aim of this study was to examine the association between educational level and physical function and pain among cancer survivors two years after diagnosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study population consisted of adult Danish patients with a first-time cancer diagnosis who were sent a questionnaire in 2010 and followed up in 2012. In total, 4346 returned the first questionnaire shortly after diagnosis and 2568 returned the follow-up questionnaire. After exclusion of 177 due to missing information, we included 2391 cancer survivors in the analyses. Physical function and pain were measured using the EORTC QLQ-C30. Linear regression analyses were conducted separately for men and women, and adjusted for demographic and clinical characteristics. Additionally, analyses were stratified on comorbidity. RESULTS Differences in mean scores according to educational level were small. Physical function was better in women with medium (2.8; 95% CI 0.1;5.4) and higher education (3.4; 95% CI 0.9;5.9) compared to women with short education. In contrast, men with medium education reported lower physical function (-2.9; 95% CI -5.7;-0.1) than men with short education. Compared to women with short education, we found lower pain scores among women with medium (-5.0; 95% CI -8.7;-1.4) and higher education (-3.4; 95% CI -6.7;0.0). Similarly, men with higher education experienced lower pain score (-3.4; 95% CI -6.9;0.1) than men with short education. The role of educational level differed between those with and without comorbidity. CONCLUSION Educational level is slightly associated with physical function and pain among cancer survivors. However, mean differences in this study were small and below what is considered clinically relevant.
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- Dorte Winther
- Unit of Survivorship, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Unit of Survivorship, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Unit of Survivorship, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Unit of Survivorship, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Research Centre for Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Unit of Survivorship, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for Psychological Cross-disciplinary and Applied Research, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Documentation and Quality, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Unit of Survivorship, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Shin J, Choi Y, Lee SG, Kim W, Park EC, Kim TH. Relationship between socioeconomic status and mortality after femur fracture in a Korean population aged 65 years and older: Nationwide retrospective cohort study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2016; 95:e5311. [PMID: 27930508 PMCID: PMC5265980 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000005311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Femur fracture is an emerging public health concern in aging societies, owing to the substantially high morbidity and mortality. Because the recent increase in femur fracture incidence in Asian populations is comparable to that in the West, it is necessary to investigate the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality after femur fracture in developed Asian societies.Data were obtained from the National Health Insurance Claims Database. During 2002 to 2013, femur fractures were newly diagnosed in 5441 patients among 1025,340 enrollees. Multiple logistic regression and the Cox proportional model were used to investigate the associations between individual SES and probability of surgery and mortality after femur fracture.Of 5441 patients, 1928 (35.4%) received surgery. Patients with low (odds ratio [OR] = 0.87, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.75-0.99) and middle (OR = 0.85, 95% CI: 0.74-0.98) income were less likely to undergo surgery than high-income patients. Patients with low (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.12, 95% CI: 1.01-1.24) and middle (HR = 1.20, 95% CI: 1.08-1.33) income had a higher HR for mortality. This difference was more prominent in patients who underwent surgery (low income: HR = 1.07, 95% CI: 0.94-1.21; middle income: HR = 1.18, 95% CI: 1.04-1.33) than in patients with conservative treatment (low income: HR = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.04-1.49; middle income: HR = 1.30, 95% CI: 1.08-1.56).Femur-fracture patients with low SES are less likely to receive surgery for and more likely to die after femur fracture. The difference in mortality risk remained even when only the patients who received surgery were considered, suggesting that we need to consider support measures for these deprived patients.
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- Jaeyong Shin
- Department of Preventive Medicine Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine Department of Public Health, Graduate School Department of Hospital Management, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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