Stakeholder-Identified Interventions to Address Cancer Survivors' Psychosocial Needs after Completing Treatment

The interventions used in cancer-survivorship care do not always address outcomes important to survivors. This study sought to understand stakeholders' views on the key concerns of cancer survivors after treatment and the interventions needed to meet survivors' and families' psychosocial needs after completing cancer treatment. We conducted a descriptive qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with stakeholders (survivors, family/friend caregivers, oncology providers, primary care providers, and cancer system decision-/policy-makers) from across Canada. For the data analysis, we used techniques commonly employed in descriptive qualitative research, such as coding, grouping, detailing, and comparing the data. There were 44 study participants: 11 survivors, seven family/friend caregivers, 18 health care providers, and eight decision-/policy-makers. Stakeholder-relevant interventions to address survivors' psychosocial needs were categorized into five groups, as follows: information provision, peer support, navigation, knowledge translation interventions, and caregiver-specific supports. These findings, particularly interventions that deliver timely and relevant information about the post-treatment period and knowledge translation interventions that strive to integrate effective tools and programs into survivorship care, have implications for future research and practice.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) - 28(2021), 6 vom: 25. Nov., Seite 4961-4971

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Murnaghan, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Kendell, Cynthia [VerfasserIn]
Sussman, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Porter, Geoffrey A [VerfasserIn]
Howell, Doris [VerfasserIn]
Grunfeld, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Urquhart, Robin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cancer survivorship
Interventions
Journal Article
Psychosocial needs
Qualitative methods
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.03.2022

Date Revised 23.03.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/curroncol28060416

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM334759897