The impact of survivorship care plans on adolescent and young adult head and neck cancer survivors and their primary care providers.
Support Care Cancer
; 31(7): 448, 2023 Jul 07.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
A cross sectional study of adolescent and young adult (AYA) head and neck (H&N) cancer survivors was performed to assess late effects. Survivorship care plans (SCPs) were generated and evaluated by participants and their primary care providers (PCPs).METHODS:
AYA H&N survivors who had been discharged over 5 years prior from our institution were assessed in recall consultation by a radiation oncologist. Late effects were assessed and individualized SCPS were created for each participant. Participants completed a survey evaluating the SCP. PCPs were surveyed before the consultation and after evaluating the SCP.RESULTS:
31/36 participants (86%) completed the SCP evaluation. The SCP was considered to be a positive experience for 93% of participants. Most of the AYA participants indicated that the information provided in the SCP helped them understand the need for follow-up to assess late effects (90%). The pre-consultation PCP survey response rate was 13/27 (48%) and only 34% were comfortable in providing survivorship care for AYA H&N cancer patients. The PCP response rate to the survey that accompanied the SCP was 15/27 (55%) and the majority (93%) reported that the SCP would be helpful to care for other AYA and non-AYA cancer survivors in their practice.CONCLUSIONS:
Our research suggested that AYA head and neck cancer survivors valued the SCPs as did their PCPs. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS The introduction of SCPs is likely to help improve survivorship and transitioning of care from the oncology clinic to PCP in this population.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article