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- Title
Impact of Survivorship Care Plans and Planning on Breast, Colon, and Prostate Cancer Survivors in a Community Oncology Practice.
- Authors
Hua, Alexandra; Sesto, Mary E.; Zhang, Xiao; Wassenaar, Timothy R.; Tevaarwerk, Amye J.
- Abstract
With a growing number of cancer survivors, survivorship care plans (SCPs) are recommended to communicate information about late effects of treatment and follow-up care. Community oncology practices follow 85% of adult cancer survivors but report more difficulty in providing SCPs compared to academic centers. Our objective was to evaluate the impact of delivering SCPs in a community oncology practice by examining awareness of SCP receipt as well as how provision affects survivors' perception of care quality and of their condition. Survivors who accepted a SCP as standard of care were recruited from a community oncology practice in the Midwest and completed surveys prior to SCP provision (baseline) and 4 weeks later (follow-up). Within-survivor changes in knowledge of SCP receipt, satisfaction and perceived care coordination were assessed. Thirty cancer survivors (breast, colon, and prostate) completed the baseline survey, while 24 completed the follow-up survey (80% response rate). Participants reported receiving SCPs and treatment summaries more frequently at follow-up after receiving a SCP. At follow-up, there was a significant increase in survivor activation and involvement in care along with satisfaction of knowledge of care. Communication about and during SCP provision may need to be clearer: 34% of survivors could not correctly identify SCP receipt in this study. This may place these survivors at a disadvantage, if this leads to less awareness of important information regarding follow-up surveillance and management. Of those aware of SCP receipt, SCP provision had positive impacts in this small, short-term study.
- Subjects
BREAST tumor treatment; TUMORS &; psychology; TUMOR treatment; PROSTATE tumors treatment; COLON tumors; MEDICAL quality control; COMMUNITY health services; MEDICAL protocols; CONTINUUM of care; ONCOLOGY; BREAST tumors; PROSTATE tumors
- Publication
Journal of Cancer Education, 2020, Vol 35, Issue 2, p249
- ISSN
0885-8195
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s13187-018-1457-y