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Supportive and palliative radiation oncology service: impact of a dedicated service on palliative cancer care.
Tseng, Yolanda D; Krishnan, Monica S; Jones, Joshua A; Sullivan, Adam J; Gorman, Daniel; Taylor, Allison; Pacold, Michael; Kalinowski, Barbara; Mamon, Harvey J; Abrahm, Janet; Balboni, Tracy A.
Afiliação
  • Tseng YD; Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Krishnan MS; Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: mkrishnan@lroc.harvard.edu.
  • Jones JA; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Sullivan AJ; Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Gorman D; Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Taylor A; Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Pacold M; Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Kalinowski B; Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Mamon HJ; Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Abrahm J; Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Balboni TA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Pract Radiat Oncol ; 4(4): 247-53, 2014.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25012833
PURPOSE: The American Society of Clinical Oncology has recommended tailoring palliative cancer care (PCC) to the distinct and complex needs of advanced cancer patients. The Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology (SPRO) service was initiated July 2011 to provide dedicated palliative radiation oncology (RO) care to cancer patients. We used care providers' ratings to assess SPRO's impact on the quality of PCC and compared perceptions of PCC delivery among physicians practicing with and without a dedicated palliative RO service. METHODS AND MATERIALS: An online survey was sent to 117 RO care providers working at 4 Boston-area academic centers. Physicians and nurses at the SPRO-affiliated center rated the impact of the SPRO service on 8 PCC quality measures (7-point scale, "very unfavorably" to "very favorably"). Physicians at all sites rated their department's performance on 10 measures of PCC (7-point scale, "very poorly" to "very well"). RESULTS: Among 102 RO care providers who responded (response rate, 89% for physicians; 83% for nurses), large majorities believed that SPRO improved the following PCC quality measures: overall quality of care (physician/nurse, 98%/92%); communication with patients and families (95%/96%); staff experience (93%/84%); time spent on technical aspects of PCC (eg, reviewing imaging) (88%/56%); appropriateness of treatment recommendations (85%/84%); appropriateness of dose/fractionation (78%/60%); and patient follow-up (64%/68%). Compared with physicians practicing in departments without a dedicated palliative RO service, physicians at the SPRO-affiliated department rated the overall quality of their department's PCC more highly (P = .02). CONCLUSIONS: Clinicians indicated that SPRO improved the quality of PCC. Physicians practicing within this dedicated service rated their department's overall PCC quality higher than physicians practicing at academic centers without a dedicated service. These findings point to dedicated palliative RO services as a promising means of improving PCC quality.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Cuidados Paliativos / Médicos / Radioterapia (Especialidade) / Enfermeiras e Enfermeiros Tipo de estudo: Guideline Limite: Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Pract Radiat Oncol Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Cuidados Paliativos / Médicos / Radioterapia (Especialidade) / Enfermeiras e Enfermeiros Tipo de estudo: Guideline Limite: Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Pract Radiat Oncol Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article